Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 130)
Macra na Feirme
2025-01-21
Intent: Set out priority initiatives for Rural Youth to political parties and members of the Oireachtas::Key asks include: farmer mental heath initiatives, housing proposals and farm succession initiative's.
Details: Macra's General Election Manifesto
Officials: Aengus Ó Snodaigh, Aindrias Moynihan, Aisling Dempsey, Alan Dillon, Alan Farrell, Alan Kelly, Albert Dolan, Ann Graves, ...
Methods: Email Manifesto to Oireachtas members - Email, Posts on social media with Manifesto priorities Press release to Oireachtas members - Social Media
Irish Council for Psychotherapy
2025-01-21
Intent: ICP launched a Pre-Budget 2025 Submission to Government, & General Election Manifesto addressed to all political parties. Both documents included a call for the inclusion of specific commitments by all parties in health/mental health, education & finance. ICP called on all political parties to include a commitment to implement several recommendations in its Health & Mental Health Manifestos for the general election.
Details: A Pre-Budget Submission to Government was sent to Ministers for Finance, Health/Mental Health & Education on 31/07/2024. The submission focused on key ICP issues in health/mental health, education & finance (VAT). A General Election Manifesto Submission was sent to 6 political party leaders & copied, ...
Officials: Ivana Bacik, Duncan Smith, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, Ged Nash, Mary Lou McDonald, David Cullinane, Mark Ward, Pearse Doherty, ...
Methods: ICP CEO contacted Deputy Duncan Smith T.D. & Ged Nash TD (Labour Party) & Deputy Mark Ward T.D. (Sinn Féin) & Róisín Shortall TD (Social Democrats) to seek briefing meetings with them. Róisín Shortall TD had to cancel ICP’s meeting to facilitate the rescheduling of The Health Committee’s meeting with the Minister for Health. - Email, Ged Nash, Labour Party TD asked the Minister for Health when he expects CORU to complete its review of the submissions received re: the draft standards of proficiency for counsellors & psychotherapists, & publish the review outcome; the projected timeline envisaged by CORU leading to the opening of the counsellors & psychotherapists register; & if he will make a statement on the matter. Health Services Staff Questions (1063) (Ged Nash) (05/11/2024) https://tinyurl.com/yjmzcsnf - Informal communication, Ged Nash TD’s Parliamentary Assistant said he previously backed the call for increased mental health funding in schools, supporting a grant of €20 per pupil devolved to schools to allow them to finance supports locally like counselling & psychotherapy. This was in line with the call by the IACP for a school counselling & psychotherapy initiative. This was in addition to their support for an extra €100m for mental health supports in the Health budget. - Email, ...
Insurance Ireland
2025-01-21
Intent: To communicate the support and concerns of the insurance industry for the delivery of pragmatic pensions and life assurance policy, including engagement on the pension related provisions in the Finance Bill
Details: On behalf of members, providing input into pensions and life assurance policy
Officials: Jack Chambers, Neale Richmond, Peadar Tóibín, Steven Matthews, John McGuinness, Bernard Durkan, Pearse Doherty, Richard Boyd Barrett, ...
Methods: Letter, Informal communication
Insurance Ireland
2025-01-21
Intent: To inform discussion of insurance issues within government, raising issues with legislation, providing details on the Irish Motor Insurance Database project, market research and ongoing consultations
Details: On behalf of members, to raise awareness of issues pertinent to the Irish motor insurance industry
Officials: Keith Walsh, Neale Richmond, Fiona Campbell, Ged Nash, Pearse Doherty, Jack Chambers, Peadar Tóibín, Marie Sherlock, ...
Methods: Event / Reception, Meeting, Letter, ...
Insurance Ireland
2025-01-21
Intent: To raise awareness of macro economic issues, general insurance, health insurance and pension policy affecting the insurance industry.
Details: On behalf of members, to issue the insurance sector's priorities for the General Election and new government.
Officials: Peadar Tóibín, Jim O'Callaghan, John McGuinness, Steven Matthews, Damien English, Bernard Durkan, Pearse Doherty, Rose Conway-Walsh, ...
Methods: Email, Letter, Meeting
Friends of the Earth
2025-01-21
Intent: Increased investment and supports in energy poverty and energy efficiency
Details: Budget 2025
Officials: Ged Nash, Richard Boyd Barrett, Colm Brophy, Seán Canney, Ciaran Cannon, Rose Conway-Walsh, Pearse Doherty, Bernard Durkan, ...
Methods: Emails with joint budget asks to Deputies Murphy, O'Rourke - Email, Emailed budget submission to members of Oireachtas Committee on Budgetary Oversight - Email
Family Carers Ireland
2025-01-21
Intent: Candidate Richie Molloy put forward for administrative panel
Details: Seanad Elections 2025
Officials: Cathal Crowe, Joe Cooney, Donna McGettigan, William O'Leary, Úna McCarthy, Trish Murphy, Tony O'Shea, Ted Lucey, ...
Methods: Fiona Hartigan - Email, Peter Cox to all members of Cork COCO & Cork City Council - Email, To Cork area councilors - Phone call, ...
National Federation of Voluntary Service Providers Supporting People with Intellectual Disability
2025-01-21
Intent: Sufficient resourcing for disability in Budget 2025
Details: Calling for sufficient resourcing for disability in Budget 2025
Officials: Paschal Donohoe, Simon Harris, Jack Chambers, Pauline Tully, Mary Lou McDonald, Pearse Doherty, David Cullinane, Noel Byrne, ...
Methods: 01/10/24: NFVSP posted on X highlighting the need for the required investment in the disability action plan in Budget 2025. Tagged - Minister Paschal Donohoe, Taoiseach Simon Harris, Minister Jack Chambers27/09/24: NFVSP posted on X highlighting the need for the required investment in the disability action plan in Budget 2025. Tagged - Pauline Tully, Mary Lou McDonald, Pearse Doherty, David Cullinane - Social Media, 28/09/24: Texts exchanged between Alison Harnett (NFVSP CEO) and special advisor Noel Byrne regarding the allocation for disability in Budget 2025. - Informal communication, 07/10/24: Phone call between Alison Harnett (NFVSP CEO) and Colm O'Conaill (Assistant Sec Gen) regarding the allocation for disability in Budget 2025. - Phone call, ...
SSE plc
2025-01-21
Intent: Policy environment to support cleaner, homegrown, Irish energy. Targeted policy proposals to deliver home/business decarbonisation; increased deployment of renewable energy; energy infrastructure development; low carbon, flexible power solutions; and planning reforms to deliver on the State's climate targets.
Details: Delivery of clean, homegrown, Irish energy
Officials: Simon Harris, Peter Burke, Martin Kenny, Neale Richmond, Jack Chambers, Helen McEntee, Alan Dillon, Tim Lombard, ...
Methods: Attendance at the National Ploughing Championships. - Event / Reception, Constituency outreach prior and post general election. - Email
Irish Penal Reform Trust
2025-01-21
Intent: To promote greater investment through Budget 2025 in areas of penal policy and reform. To raise awareness of alternatives to imprisonment and to highlight where investment and resourcing is needed in these areas.
Details: IPRT Pre-Budget Submission 2025 asks
Officials: Jack Chambers, Helen McEntee, Paschal Donohoe, Darragh O'Brien, Patrick Costello, Mark Ward, Catherine Murphy, Pearse Doherty, ...
Methods: Personalised emails sent to listed DPOs with IPRT's key asks including increasing mental health and addiction investment 2) piloting a supported bail service for women, 3) redirecting spending to community alternatives, particularly restorative justice 4) adequate resourcing for oversight bodies to prepare for OPCAT ratification 5) investment in programmes and capital investment to enhance family visiting facilities and in-cell telephony and video booths. - Email, Executive Director attended hustings on child poverty organised by the Children's Rights Alliance on 17 September 2024 in Buswells Hotel. She asked political representatives to support IPRT's Pre-Budget asks and followed up with individual emails. - Event / Reception