Overwatch Report

Childhood Development Initiative

January–April

[Children and Youth Affairs] Tusla Reform plans

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Kate Duggan', 'role': 'Chief Executive Officer (Child and Family Agency (Tusla))'} {'name': 'Kevin McCarthy', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Pat Rabbitte', 'role': 'Chairperson (Child and Family Agency (Tusla))'} {'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Childhood Development Initiative

May–August

[Children and Youth Affairs] CDI CEO Marian Quinn in role as Chair of the Coalition of Tusla Grantees, discussed sustainable funding

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'}

Childhood Development Initiative

May–August

[Education and Training] CDI CEO Marian Quinn wrote to Minister Helen McEntee to

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'} {'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education)'}

Childhood Development Initiative

September–December

[Children and Youth Affairs] Manifesto for Programme for Goverment

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Ciarán Ahern', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Colm Brophy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Seán Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Lahart', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paul Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paul Nicholas Gogarty', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 74 more

Childhood Development Initiative

January–April

[Children and Youth Affairs] Practice, policy and research developed in Ireland in relation to improving educational and other outcomes for children and young people.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Childhood Development Initiative

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

May–August

[Children and Youth Affairs] Withdrawal of 4% increase which was applied to all other Tusla grantees last year is a budget reduction. Email response from Department does not mention the proposed 2% reduction in ABC funding in 2024. Major concern for the Board of CDI, we signal now that it will not be possible to maintain the current levels of service provision without a cost-of-living increase, bearing in mind that we are in a situation of budget reduction.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}

Childhood Development Initiative

May–August

[Children and Youth Affairs] Withdrawal of 4% increase which was applied to all other Tusla grantees last year is a budget reduction. Email response from Department does not mention the proposed 2% reduction in ABC funding in 2024. Major concern for the Board of CDI, we signal now that it will not be possible to maintain the current levels of service provision without a cost-of-living increase, bearing in mind that we are in a situation of budget reduction.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Lynn Ruane', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Colm Brophy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Seán Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Francis Noel Duffy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paul Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 13 more

Cavanagh Communications

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

January–April

[Children and Youth Affairs] 12/2/2021 – Childhood Development Initiative: News release '100,000th free children’s book delivered in Dublin 24' circulated to all TDs and Senators.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'News release emailed to all TDs and Senators for their information.'}

Cavanagh Communications

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

September–December

[Children and Youth Affairs] 30/9/2021 – Childhood Development Initiative: News release 'Fathers call for greater equality and engagement in their parenting role' circulated to all TDs and Senators.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'News release emailed to all TDs and Senators for their information.'}

Cavanagh Communications

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

September–December

[Children and Youth Affairs] 5/10/2021 – Childhood Development Initiative: News release 'Additional Early Intervention resources needed for children affected disproportionately by Pandemic' circulated to all TDs and Senators.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'News release emailed to all TDs and Senators for their information.'}

Cavanagh Communications

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

January–April

[Children and Youth Affairs] 20/03/2020 – Childhood Development Initiative: Programme for Government Submission circulated to all TDs.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Programme for Government Submission emailed to all TDs.'}

Childhood Development Initiative

September–December

[Children and Youth Affairs] Books for Children through the imagination library

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}

Childhood Development Initiative

January–April

[Children and Youth Affairs] 29.3.19: Launch of Photovoice research report on homelessness in Dublin South West officiated by Minister for Children Katherine Zappone

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Katherine Zappone', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'}

Childhood Development Initiative

January–April

[Children and Youth Affairs] 5.4.19: Minister Katherine Zappone attended a meeting of CDI's homelessness advisory committee at CDI's office.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Katherine Zappone', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'}

Cavanagh Communications

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

January–April

[Children and Youth Affairs] 29/3/2019: Childhood Development Initiative – News release highlighting findings of a homelessness 'photo voice project' circulated to all Dublin South West TDs.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Katherine Zappone', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'} {'name': 'Colm Brophy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Seán Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paul Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Lahart', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Cavanagh Communications

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

January–April

[Children and Youth Affairs] 14/2/2019: Childhood Development Initiative – News release launching free book scheme in Tallaght (supported by singer Dolly Parton) circulated to all Dublin South West TDs.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Katherine Zappone', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'} {'name': 'Colm Brophy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Seán Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paul Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Lahart', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Childhood Development Initiative

May–August

[Children and Youth Affairs] Participation on a panel discussion on may 23rd at Tusla seminar on prevention and early intervention. Eimear Fisher, A/Sec DCYA was also on the panel, and I discussed various policy and structural issues which could better enable prevention and early intervention

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Éimear Fisher', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'}

Cavanagh Communications

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

September–December

[Children and Youth Affairs] 19/12/2019 – Childhood Development Initiative: News release launching research on Youth Mental Health in Tallaght circulated to all TDs and Senators.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'News release emailed to all TDs and Senators for their information.'}

Cavanagh Communications

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

September–December

[Children and Youth Affairs] 18/12/2019 – Childhood Development Initiative: News release launching research on Prisoners and Family Reintegration circulated to all TDs and Senators.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'News release emailed to all TDs and Senators for their information.'}

Childhood Development Initiative

January–April

[Education and Training] Discussions in relation to the following :-• ABC funding and in particular making up the AP deficit;• Timing and plans for SLT in schools.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'Councillor (Galway County Council)'} {'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Childhood Development Initiative

January–April

[Education and Training] Discussions in relation to the following :- • ABC funding and in particular making up the AP deficit; • Timing and plans for SLT in schools.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Denise Mitchell', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Cavanagh Communications

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

September–December

[Health] 28/11/2018: Childhood Development Initiative – circulated news release regarding a new breastfeeding community initiative to local (Dublin South West) TDs.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': '(All local TDs in Dublin South West only.)'}

Cavanagh Communications

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

January–April

[Children and Youth Affairs] 13/02/2017: Cavanagh Communications forwarded a news release to TDs and Senators regarding the findings of research on a prisoner parenting programme on behalf of the Childhood Development Initiative (CDI).

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'News release circulated for information to all Oireachtas members.'}

Childhood Development Initiative

January–April

[Education and Training] The Chair, the Vice-Chair and the CEO met with Eimear Fisher in relation to the mainstreaming of our programmes.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eimear Fisher', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'}

Childhood Development Initiative

January–April

[Health] The DoH issued a consultation document called “Developing a Community Nursing and Midwifery Response to an Integrated Model of Care” and organisations were asked to respond to specific questions about the document.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Siobhan O’Halloran', 'role': 'Chief Nursing Officer (Department of Health)'}

Childhood Development Initiative

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Minsiter Fitzgerald launched the Family Links Evaluation Report

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)'}

Childhood Development Initiative

September–December

[Children and Youth Affairs] Presented information on CDI's current programmes and future plans

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Katherine Zappone', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'} {'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Declan Breathnach', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Seán Canney', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Lahart', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Curran', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 3 more

Cavanagh Communications

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

September–December

[Children and Youth Affairs] 12/9/2017: News release issued by the Childhood Development Initiative (CDI), highlighting achievements and outcomes of the organisation over 10 years, issued to all Oireachtas members.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''}

Cavanagh Communications

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

September–December

[Children and Youth Affairs] 13/9/2017: News release issued by the Childhood Development Initiative (CDI), highlighting call for investment in budget 2018 in CDI's future work, issued to all Oireachtas members.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''}

Cavanagh Communications

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

September–December

[Children and Youth Affairs] 25/10/2017: News release issued by the Childhood Development Initiative (CDI), highlighting content of a briefing session held for TDs and Senators, issued to all Oireachtas members.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''}

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