Current memberships may indicate policy relevance. They do not prove why a lobbying contact was made, and may not match membership at the time of older returns.
Intent: To ensure that all households have the minimum essential income to meet their needs
Details: Specific asks to support low income households in Budget 2027
Intent: To secure support for the recommendations of the Rehab Group's submission to Department of Social Protection on the cost of disability payment::To request the Committee to invite Rehab advocates to address a future meeting of the Committee on the Cost of Disability
Details: Submission to Cost of Disability Public Consultation and circulation to Members of the Disability Matters and Social Protection Committees
Intent: Support for policies and programmes beneficial for Irish beef farmers
Details: Matters of significance to Irish Cattle & Beef farmers
Intent: Increase political stakeholders’ understanding of Dublin Airport’s development needs and garner support for infrastructure or policy decisions (by experiencing projects first-hand).
Details: Email invitation sent for political Stakeholder briefing and tour at Dublin Airport. (Subsequently event did not take place)
Intent: Greater Awareness of Young Onset Dementia amongst policy makers in the Oireachtas
Details: Young Onset Dementia AV Room
Intent: To communicate local winners of the SFA's annual National Small Business Award.
Details: SFA National Small Business Awards
Intent: Securing increased resources, in particular human resources to deal with the unmet demand.::Increased awareness of the complexity of work undertaken by the organisation.
Details: Citizens Information Service was invited by the Chair of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development as a collective to present to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development on the launch of the 'Connecting Citizens' , ...
Intent: Lobby to help prevent the rise in family homelessness by increasing housing assistance payments in line with market rents and increasing funding for tenant-in-situ scheme.::Lobby to ensure the inclusion of one-parent families as a named group in government’s new Child & Family Homelessness Action Plan.
Details: Hosted a briefing in AV Room of Leinster House to discuss critical issues impacting one-parent families across the country.
Intent: Lobby for greater out-of-court supports for separated parents to help avoid adversarial proceedings in the family courts.::Lobby for improved funding for specialist services providing supports to separated families and those experiencing domestic abuse and coercive control
Details: Hosted a briefing in AV Room of Leinster House to discuss critical issues impacting one-parent families across the country.
Intent: Request a move from a “work-activation” government approach for lone parents on social protection to an evidence-based “education-first” one. This would address high levels of in-work poverty and create long-term savings for government, along with financial security for families.::Extend Jobseekers Transitional Payment for lone parents until their youngest child is 18.
Details: Hosted a briefing in AV Room of Leinster House to discuss critical issues impacting one-parent families across the country.
