Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 3)
Cormac McKay
2025-03-25
Intent: Highlight RoadSafety shortfalls::Ask the Gardai what is taking so long to get the GardaPortal up and running?::UNECE 167 Driver vision to be made mandatory asap with all HGV vehicles retrofitted asap::Digital Drivers Licence mandatory log-on to start a vehicle ignition ::Review E-scooter legislation ::Investigate all available transport technogly to improve road safety
Details: Garda Dash Cam upload Portal, Digital Drivers Licence and UNECE 167 Driver vision
Officials: Jerry Buttimer, Joe O'Reilly, Teresa Costello, Lorraine Clifford-Lee, Pauline Tully, Laura Harmon, Malcolm Noonan, Garreth Scahill, ...
Methods: Email
Epilepsy Ireland
2025-01-21
Intent: For them to support our campaign to enhance Epilepsy Services & Infrastructure nationally to improve access to specialist services and treatments for the 45,000 people living with epilepsy in Ireland.::For them to support our campaign to expand the HSE’s Chronic Disease Management Programme to include epilepsy, encouraging collaboration between people with epilepsy and their GPs and reducing pressure on specialist services.::For them to support our campaign to develop a National Strategy to reduce the estimated 130 epilepsy-related deaths in Ireland and taking targeted action to save lives.::For them to support our campaign to make Ireland’s schools seizure-safe for the 10,000 children with epilepsy of school going age by ensuring all teachers are trained in seizure first aid and epilepsy.awareness as part of initial teacher training.::For them to support our campaign to ensuring Ireland’s 2022 commitment to implementing the WHO Intersectoral Global Action Plan on Epilepsy and other Ne
Details: Contacted listed DPOs in their capacity as General Election Candidates to support EI's advocacy campaigns if elected to the next Dáil
Officials: Cathy Bennett, Joe Cooney, Peter Cleere, David Fitzgerald, Michael Doyle, Seán Ó hArgáin, Adrienne Wallace, Carmel Brady, ...
Methods: Email
Irish Kidney Association
2025-01-21
Intent: People on dialysis need 3 to 4 hour sessions, 3 days a week. Currently people on dialysis cannot go on holidays, visit families and friends or complete work trips in other parts of Ireland, away from their local dialysis units. This is because ' out of area dialysis' is not generally available as dialysis units are at capacity. The aim is to ensure that people on dialysis can travel in their own country away from their local dialysis unit.
Details: Provision of out of area dialysis in Ireland, so people can travel to visit their loved ones.
Officials: Anna Grainger, Shane O'Callaghan, Cathal Byrne, Mike Kennelly, Sharon Tolan, Paraic Brady, Tim Durkan, Tim Lombard, ...
Methods: Informal communication
Irish Cancer Society
Current/Former DPOWhat is lobbying? (FAQ)2025-01-21
Intent: To ask election candidates to sign the Irish Cancer Society General Election pledge.::To congratulate TD's on their election to the 34th Dáil and provide introduction.::To inform general election candidates of ICS election priorities.
Details: General Election campaign
Officials: Nessa Cosgrove, Edel Mcsharry, Michael Doyle, Evie Sammon, Bill Clear, Lisa McDonald, Frank Staples, Aoife Rose O'Brien, ...
Methods: 1 meeting with Cllr Evie Sammon; 1 meeting with Cllr Bill Clear; 1 meeting with Deputy Verona Murphy. - Meeting, Email to election candidates, 12.11.24; emails to Barry Heneghan, 19.11.24 and 04.12.24; email to Tom Brabazon, 19.11.24; email to Cian O'Callaghan, 19.11.24; email to Naoise Ó'Muirí, 19.11.24; email to Jack Chambers, Roderic O'Gorman, Emer Currie, Paul Donnelly, Ruth Coppinger, 26/27.11.24; email to Brendan Smith, Pauline Tully, Niamh Smyth, Matt Carthy, 13.11.24; email to Eoin Hayes, Jim O'Callaghan, Chris Andrews, Emma Blain, Ivana Bacik, James Geoghegan, 01.11.24 - 30.11.24; - Email, 2 phone calls with Verona Murphy, 09.11.24 and 11.11.24. - Phone call, ...
Vulcan Consulting Limited
2025-01-21
Intent: To raise the profile of rare disease policy amongst Irish political stakeholders & seek updates on a range of rare disease policy matters.
Details: Rare Disease Policy in Ireland
Officials: Pádraig O'Sullivan, Stephen Donnelly, Susan Mitchell, David Cullinane, Peadar Tóibín, Colm Burke, Cathal Crowe, Róisín Shorthall, ...
Methods: Email, Phone call, Submission
Ibec
2025-01-21
Intent: Support Ibec proposals to reduce electricity costs and a new state subvention to finance electricity infrastructure and renewable investment
Details: Measures to reduce electricity costs and boost competitiveness over the short, medium and long term
Officials: Stephen Kinsella, Alan Ahearne, Paul Bolger, Matthew Collins, Oonagh Buckley, Gary Tobin, Declan Hughes, Edward Timmins, ...
Methods: Phone call, Email
Alcohol Action Ireland
2025-01-20
Intent: Establishment of an Alcohol Office to develop coherent cross-government policy to address issues around alcohol harm.
Details: Alcohol policy development in relation to a new strategy for alcohol and the establishment of an Alcohol Office
Officials: Bernard Durkan, Seán Crowe, Mary Horgan, Colm Burke, Seán Kyne, Annie Hoey, Cathal Crowe, Colm Brophy, ...
Methods: Meeting with Bernard Durkan on 3 Sept to discuss proposal for an Alcohol Office. In attendance, Sheila Gilheany, Eoin Ryan - Virtual Meeting, Emails in relation to need for a new strategy on alcohol and proposal to establish an Alcohol Office. - Email, Text message re alcohol office policy development - Informal communication, ...
Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed
2025-01-02
Intent: Bringing to the attention of members of the Oireachtas and people seeking election the issues facing unemployed people, so as to secure more inclusive, constructive and well resourced social protection, education, training, employment policies and outcomes.
Details: Key General Election issues for people who are unemployed, distanced from the labour market, and people working on these issues, calling on all political parties and people standing in the forthcoming General Election to ensure adequate levels of income; improve welfare to work supports; provide qua, ...
Officials: Tom Brabazon, Shay Brennan, Michael Cahill, Peter Cleere, Bridie Collins, John Connolly, Teresa Costello, Aisling Dempsey, ...
Methods: In particular INOU called for benchmarking of all social welfare rates to lift people above poverty line and ensure Minimum Essential Standard of Living; support people to address initial costs of taking up employment by introducing a travel card or a voucher system; provide timely information on return to work payments; address barriers in labour market facing people; ensure availability of transport, affordable childcare and housing; add socio-economic status ground into equality legislation. - Submission
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA
2024-09-21
Intent: To encourage County Councils to adopt the IFA protocol for farm inspections.::To seek clarity on the 1% conditionality inspection requirement, post CAP Simplification package, is that taken from 1% of total BISS applicants (c.124k) or 1% of total BISS application with over 10ha (c.104k). The view of most farmers was that it should be 1% of the lower number.::To seek clarity on whether there is a certain proportion of farm inspections, per EU Regulation, that has to be on-the-spot/unannounced?
Details: Farm Inspections
Officials: Pat Kennedy, Jim Codd, Cathal Byrne, Verona Murphy, John Michael Foley, John Pender, Ben Ward, Daniel Pender, ...
Methods: Phone call, Email, Informal communication
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA
2024-05-20
Intent: To seek an inspection protocol with the local County Council that, now that County Councils are required to carry out environmental inspections on farms, farm families will be given respect and recognition of their unique place in food production.::To highlight that environmental inspections on farms are already being carried out by the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine and Bord Bia.::To call for a halt to the 'blitz' of Health and Safety Authority (HSA) farm inspections announced in the press, considering the enormous challenges facing the sector.::To highlight that, due to the deplorable weather conditions, these inspections would be counterproductive regarding health ans safety and farmer welfare.
Details: National Agriculture Inspections Programme
Officials: Aidan Browne, Andrew Bolger, Anthony Connick, Anthony Donohoe, Barbara Anne Murphy, Barry Andrews, Billy Kelleher, Brian Leddin, ...
Methods: Social Media, Email, Event / Reception, ...