Niall O'Connor

Niall O'Connor

Total Lobbying Efforts: 21

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Irish Postmasters' Union

2025-01-21

Intent: To secure the viability of the Post Office Network in Ireland

Details: Post Office Network

Officials: Heather Humphreys, Niall Egan, Niall O'Connor, Marc Ó Cathasaigh, Róisín Garvey

Methods: Met Minister Heather Humphries and officials to discuss the PO Network - Meeting, Presentation to all Oireachtas Members in the AV room, Leinster House. - Meeting, Met Green Party to seek their support for the PO Network - Virtual Meeting

Hanover Media Strategy Limited

2024-09-20

Intent: To discuss measures for decarbonisation of residential heating sector in the context of Budget 2025

Details: Meeting request ahead of Budget 2025

Officials: Heather Humphreys, Pauric McPhillips, Niall O'Connor

Methods: Email

Epilepsy Ireland

2024-09-19

Intent: To raise awareness of the changes to the free travel scheme amongst elected representatives.

Details: Providing information about the opening of the Free Travel scheme to elected representatives; thanking them for support; and liaising with Minister Humphreys and team to publicise changes to the scheme.

Officials: Niall O'Connor, Pauric McPhillips, Heather Humphreys, Patrick Costello, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, Erin McGreehan, Marc Ó Cathasaigh, Aindrias Moynihan

Methods: Inviting Minister Humphreys to our National Conference to speak about the changes to the Free Travel scheme - Email, Tagging Minister Humphreys in posts about the introduction of the new Free Travel scheme for those medically unfit to drive. - Social Media, Liaising with Minister Advisors on launches associated with Free Travel in May and July - Informal communication, ...

Longford Women's Link Ltd.

2024-09-16

Intent: To secure a meeting to discuss the changes to the Community Employment Scheme at LWL and also discuss the impact of changes to the Early Learning and Care awards.

Details: Request to engage with Minister of Social Protection Heather Humphreys T.D. via department official

Officials: Micheál Carrigy, Niall O'Connor

Methods: Email sent on July 12th from Tara Farrell to the above named DPOs on the issue of Community Employment - Email

Local Ireland (representing the Regional Newspapers and Printers Association of Ireland)

2024-09-05

Intent: A fair share of Government information advertising for Local Newspapers

Details: Spending on Government information advertising

Officials: Dara Calleary, Chris Donoghue, Niall O'Connor

Methods: Meeting with Minister on various policy matters, including Government spend on advertising and support for a level playing field on publishers' dealings with major online platforms. - Meeting, Request for meetings on the above issues. - Informal communication

Tirlán Ltd

Current/Former DPOWhat is lobbying? (FAQ)

2024-05-21

Intent: The intended result was to show Minister Humphreys the Tirlán HQ and to get a photograph with the Minister with our CEO.

Details: Photograph with Minister Humphreys

Officials: Heather Humphreys, Niall O'Connor

Methods: The intended result was to show Minister Humphreys the Tirlán HQ and to get a photograph with the Minister with our CEO. - Event / Reception

Irish Cancer Society

Current/Former DPOWhat is lobbying? (FAQ)

2024-05-21

Intent: To inform public representatives of the challenges faced by people with a life-limiting cancer diagnosis receiving palliative care in the home.::To make recommendations as to how to support people with a life-limiting cancer diagnosis through government initiatives. ::To invite public representatives to the launch of energy hardship report findings.::To appear before the Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands

Details: Energy hardship

Officials: Marc Ó Cathasaigh, Niall Blaney, Eamon Ryan, Michael Healy-Rae, Mary Butler, Heather Humphreys, Denis Naughten, Jackie Cahill, ...

Methods: Emails to Deputy Marc Ó’Cathasaigh on the energy hardship research findings, 16.01.24 - 19.02.24; invites to the report launch of the energy hardship research, 06.02.24; email to Niall O’Connor, with an invitation to the report launch, 13.02.24; email to Paul Kenny with an invitation to the report launch, 19.02.24; email to Rory Egan in the Department of Health further to the launch, 26.02.24; email to Deputy Whitmore, 29.02.24; emails to Deputy Éamon Ó'Cúiv, 15.03.24-20.03.24. - Email, Launch of energy hardship research commissioned by the Irish Cancer Society, 21.02.24. Attendees included: Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh, Deputy Johnny Guirke, Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh, Senator Robbie Gallagher, Senator Diarmuid Wilson, Senator Aidan Davitt, representative of Deputy Michael Healy Rae, representative of Deputy Ivana Bacik, Rory Egan (Cancer Policy Unit, Department of Health) - Event / Reception, Meeting with representatives from the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications, 12.04.24 (including Averil Power) - Virtual Meeting, ...

American Chamber of Commerce Ireland

2023-09-21

Intent: Communicate AmCham member views on Budget 2024. Full response can be read here: https://www.amcham.ie/posts/amcham-2024-pre-budget-submission-building-an-impactful-ireland-for-2050-and-beyond/

Details: AmCham Pre Budget Submission 2024

Officials: Micheál Martin, Deirdre Gillane, Michael McGrath, Paschal Donohoe, Fiona O'Connor, Grant Sweetnam, Kevin Barrett, Norma Foley, ...

Methods: Submission

Children's Books Ireland CLG

2022-09-21

Intent: Maintain the €20m investment in books for children and young people to read for pleasure::Commit to a timeline on the recommendation of the Joint Committee on Education, Further & Higher Education, Research, Innovation & Science in its Report on Leaving Certificate Reform, in particular: All Primary and Post Primary Schools should have a School Library, School Librarian and full access to the School Digital Library Service.::Expand the number of JCSP libraries in secondary schools from the existing 30 as per the 2005 DEIS plan.

Details: We are asking that, in Budget 2023, the Department of Education: Maintain the €20m investment in books for children and young people, commit to a timeline on the recommendation of the Joint Committee on Education, Further & Higher Education, Research, Innovation & Science in its Report on Leaving Ce, ...

Officials: Michael McGrath, Norma Foley, Paschal Donohoe, Heather Humphreys, Catherine Martin, Roderic O'Gorman, Malcolm Noonan, Joe O'Brien, ...

Methods: Email sent 22 August 2022 to relevant Ministers and their Advisors as well as TDs and Senators who were supportive of last year's campaign, as detailed below. - Email

The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

2022-01-21

Intent: To highlight that the Irish pigmeat sector is currently under extreme pressure with the lack of suitable labour both on-farm and in the processing side of the industry.::To highlight that the lack of available labour is not unique to the pigmeat sector. Significant shortages of suitable labour also exist in other farming sectors, primarily on horticulture and dairy farms. IFA has made repeated calls for the re-introduction of the quota-based pilot work permit scheme to address immediate labour shortages in the horticulture and dairy sectors and that this scheme is extended to pig and poultry farms also highlight that.::That the Minister responsible should fast-track work permit applications from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) to help alleviate the backlog of pigs in the market.::To highlight that the Irish pigmeat sector is under extreme pressure due to the lack of suitable labour available at processing level and on pig farms. The continuous nature of pig production require

Details: Labour Shortage in Agriculture

Officials: Charlie McConalogue, Damien English, Martin Browne, Jackie Cahill, Matt Carthy, Michael Collins, Michael Fitzmaurice, Joe Flaherty, ...

Methods: Letter, Submission, Email, ...