Intent: Expansion of Services and Increase State Funding for 2026 on beyond
Details: Lobbied on behalf of homeless / struggling veterans of the Defence Forces regarding services
Intent: In Budget 2025, it is essential that the Government commits to fully resourcing and implementing the Action Plan for Disability Services 2024-2026.
Details: Pre-Budget Communication to the Seanad, Ministers and TD's highlighting the issues facing people with intellectual disabilities and their families, and the critical sustainability issues that are facing the organisations providing supports for these individuals - this includes St Michael's House.
Intent: To develop awareness of the services provided by Sage Advocacy
Details: Information regarding the advocacy supports provided by Sage Advocacy for survivors of institutional abuse.
Intent: To seek support for FLAC's proposed amendments to the 2025 Bill
Details: Bereaved Partner’s Bill 2025
Intent: Highlight the impact of US tariffs and trade uncertainty on the export focussed Irish drinks manufacturing sector and for Government action on supports for the sector
Details: Policy priorities for the Irish drinks sector
Intent: To seek support for the pre-budget submission
Details: Pre-budget submission 2026
Intent: Highlighting the exposure of the drinks sector to US tariffs and the need for govt actions to support the sector including a pause in proposals re labelling.
Details: Proposals to help promote the Irish drinks sector
Intent: A review of the proposal to apply an E-liquids tax using self-declaration mechanism rather than a tax stamp.
Details: Email concerning the E-liquids Products Tax and concerns around the mechanism chosen to implement the tax via self-declaration rather than as a tax-stamp. Hale also referred to research commissioned from KPMG which raised several important policy considerations around the E-Liquids products tax incl, ...
Intent: Offer full support from Hale Vaping, Ireland’s largest indigenous vaping company for the proposed Classification of HHC as a Schedule 1 Controlled Drug by the Government. Hale Vaping is not affiliated with the tobacco industry and has always upheld high standards of compliance and public health responsibility. As such, Hale have never stocked HHC products, which Hale view as unregulated and potentially harmful substance.
Details: Support for Classification of HHC as a Schedule 1 Controlled Drug
Intent: Members of the Oireachtas were invited to attend a meet and greet event as part of Local Development Week, and where the LDCN's 2026 Pre-Budget Submission was launched
Details: Meet and Greet event as part of Local Development Week
