Darren Hourihane

Darren Hourihane

Total Lobbying Efforts: 20

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Nursing Homes Ireland

2020-09-21

Intent: To ensure nursing homes have continous access to PPE to protect residents and staff; a system of timely testing of residents and staff to support early detection of Covid19; implementation of financial assistance payment scheme to cover substantive costs incurred to manage Covid19; policy to desist HSE recruitment of nursing home staff from private and voluntary nursing homes during emergency period Covid19

Details: Representations surrounded: ensuring nursing homes have continous access to PPE to protect residents and staff; a system of timely testing of residents and staff to support early detection of Covid19; implementation of financial assistance payment scheme to cover substantive costs incurred to manage, ...

Officials: Jim Breslin, Siobhan O’Halloran, Darren Hourihane, Jim Daly, Simon Harris, Kathleen MacLellan, Stephen Donnelly, Mary Butler

Methods: Email, Letter, Phone call, ...

Community Creations Limited t/a SpunOut.ie

2020-05-21

Intent: Secure a telecoms short code for a new mental health crisis intervention service

Details: Seeking support from the Department of Health to secure a telecoms short code for a new mental health crisis intervention service

Officials: Jim Daly, Darren Hourihane

Methods: Email

Cuala Senior Care Limited

2020-01-17

Intent: Home Instead Senior Care believes home care regulation will improve home care services for people across Ireland by raising standards. Regulation will put in place a predictable, sustainable financing model that allows people to financially plan ageing in Ireland. Finally regulation will improve working conditions for professional CAREGivers and so attract more people to work in this sector.

Details: regulation of home care

Officials: Jim Daly, Darren Hourihane, Patrick O'Donovan, Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Methods: Meetings with TDs on home care reform - Meeting

Home and Community Care Ireland

2019-09-16

Intent: Inform public officials about labour force issues in home care(health care assistants)::Discuss and inform public officials about the issues private home care providers face in Ireland::Include Health Care Assistants on the Critical Skills list::Change social welfare rules to end the penalisation of part-time workers in receipt of social welfare::Secure more funding for home care - both for home care packages and training needs::Provide input into the formation of the statutory scheme for home care

Details: Home care in Ireland

Officials: Marie-Louise O'Donnell, Mary Butler, Paschal Donohoe, Jim Daly, Simon Harris, Regina Doherty, Finian McGrath, Heather Humphreys, ...

Methods: Leinster House to discuss particulars on the issue of health care assistants - Meeting, Emails to provide additional information regarding health care assistants - Email, Meetings in Leinster House and Dublin Castle to advocate for social welfare changes and argue for increased home care funding - Meeting, ...

Cuala Senior Care Limited

2019-09-06

Intent: Home Instead Senior Care believes home care regulation will improve home care services for people across Ireland by raising standards. Regulation will put in place a predictable, sustainable financing model that allows people to financially plan ageing in Ireland. Finally regulation will improve working conditions for professional CAREGivers and so attract more people to work in this sector.

Details: regulation of home care

Officials: Jim Daly, Darren Hourihane, Mary Butler

Methods: Attended Silver Economy Forum, Helsinki, Finland. - Event / Reception, Invited TD to Home Instead Senior Care office - Meeting

Nursing Homes Ireland

2019-05-16

Intent: Publication of the review of the Review of System for setting nursing home prices under the Nursing Home Support Scheme (Fair Deal)

Details: Contact with Minister adviser seeking updates regarding status of Review of System for setting nursing home prices under the Nursing Home Support Scheme (Fair Deal), stipulated by then Minister for Health Leo Varadkar for completion 1st June 2017

Officials: Darren Hourihane

Methods: Email, Phone call

Vintners' Federation of Ireland

2019-05-07

Intent: There is a serious dearth of taxi and hackney services in rural areas. The introduction of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act by the Transport Minister without any commitment or effort by him to alleviate the problems and issues created by a lack of rural transport has worsened the situation for rural dwellers and businesses. The Minister put forward a proposal for a Ruxi type rural transport initiative. The VFI met with Minister Daly to discuss various options.

Details: The creation of a sustainable and workable rural transport system.

Officials: Jim Daly, Darren Hourihane

Methods: Meeting

Janssen Sciences Ireland UC

2019-01-19

Intent: Sharing information on Janssen pilot projects in UK

Details: Outcomes based contracting for medicines

Officials: Stephen Donnelly, Michael Harty, Greg Dempsey, Colm Desmond, Jim Daly, Darren Hourihane

Methods: Meeting, Email

Gerard Howlin

Current/Former DPOWhat is lobbying? (FAQ)

2018-09-21

Intent: To deliver legislative change, increased public funding for mental health and policy change.

Details: To seek support for legislative change for mental health, for greater public investment and for policy change to deliver better services.

Officials: James Browne, Jim Daly, Micheál Martin, Darren Hourihane, Pat Buckley, Diarmuid Wilson, Gino Kenny, Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire, ...

Methods: To seek support for legislative change for mental health, for greater public investment and for policy change to deliver better services. - Phone call, To seek support for legislative change for mental health, for greater public investment and for policy change to deliver better services. - Meeting, To seek support for legislative change for mental health, for greater public investment and for policy change to deliver better services. - Email

Mental Health Reform

Current/Former DPOWhat is lobbying? (FAQ)

2018-09-21

Intent: To deliver legislative change, increased public funding for mental health and policy change.

Details: To seek support for legislative change for mental health, for greater public investment and for policy change to deliver better services.

Officials: James Browne, Micheál Martin, Pat Buckley, Gino Kenny, David Moloney, Jim Daly, Darren Hourihane, Diarmuid Wilson, ...

Methods: To seek support for legislative change for mental health, for greaterpublic investment and for policy change to deliver better services. - Phone call, To seek support for legislative change for mental health, for greaterpublic investment and for policy change to deliver better services. - Meeting, To seek support for legislative change for mental health, for greaterpublic investment and for policy change to deliver better services. - Email