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Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[Foreign Affairs] Maternity Ambulances entering Gaza

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[Health] Seeking a meeting to discuss occupational health and safety, and inviting Minister to address Workers' Memorial Day event on 28 April 2026.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Alan Dillon', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[Local Government] Privatisation of Public Water Services

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'James Browne', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[EU Affairs] EU Social Security Coordination Regulations

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Barry Andrews', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Lynn Boylan', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Aodhán Ó Ríordáin', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Luke Ming Flanagan', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Barry Cowen', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} + 8 more

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[Public Expenditure and Reform] LEEF Engagement and addressing cost of living challenges for workers in light of recent fuel protests

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John Callinan', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of the Taoiseach)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[Community] Seeking clarification on pay agreement in Community and Voluntary Sector

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Jim O'Callaghan", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[Employment] ICTU Quality Jobs Policy Document

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Malcolm Noonan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Sinéad Gibney', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Rory Hearne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Liam Quaide', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Cian O'Callaghan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[EU Affairs] EU Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Peter Burke', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[EU Affairs] Parliamentary Assembly Council of Europe

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Ann Graves', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[Employment] ICTU Quality Jobs Policy Document

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Conor D McGuinness', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'David Dunne', 'role': 'Councillor (Tipperary County Council)'} {'name': 'Robert Brosnan', 'role': 'Councillor (Kerry County Council)'} {'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paul McAuliffe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Joe O'Reilly", 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} + 9 more

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] Just Transition Directive

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Sean Kelly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Maria Walsh', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Nina Carberry', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[Housing] Raise the Roof Campaign

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Conor Sheehan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Rory Hearne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Richard Boyd Barrett', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Conor D McGuinness', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Louise O'Reilly", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] Energy policy and Private Wires Bill

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Lynn Boylan', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Whitmore', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Alice-Mary Higgins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Pa Daly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[Employment] Add

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Rory Hearne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[Housing] Meeting with Eoin O'Broin regarding Housing

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[Housing] Housing

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Rory Hearne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[Employment] Workers Rights

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Sinéad Gibney', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Rose Conway-Walsh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Patricia Stephenson', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[Employment] To discuss arrangements for the Labour Employer Economic Forum (LEEF)

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John Callinan', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'John Shaw', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[Employment] LEEF Plenary meeting

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Peter Burke', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[Community] Community and Voluntary Sector

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Norma Foley', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Defence)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[Employment] Apprenticeship

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'James Lawless', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] Water Services

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'James Browne', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[Local Government] Programme for Government

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Matthew Lynch', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of the Taoiseach)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[Employment] US Administration of Tariffs and the possible consequences flowing from actions of the Trump Administration in the short term

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[Employment] Protect Young Workers in Europe

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Peter Burke', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[Social Protection] Statement of Strategy 2025-2028

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John McKeon', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Social Protection)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[Employment] Supports for Short Time Working amid current global tariffs crisis

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Dara Calleary', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[Employment] Support of an Effective Revision of the European Works Council Directive in the Trilogue Negotiations

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Peter Burke', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[Employment] U-Turn on Workers Rights

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Peter Burke', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[Employment] Workers Memorial Day 2025

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Alan Dillon', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

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