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National Women's Council of Ireland

September–December

[Health] Seeking to retain remote access to abortion servces

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}

National Women's Council of Ireland

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Development of Domestic Homicide Reviews

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Jim O'Callaghan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

National Women's Council of Ireland

January–April

[Social Protection] Action Plan for Social Inclusion; indexing of social welfare increases

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John Conlon', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)'}

National Women's Council of Ireland

January–April

[Community] Development of strategies on volunteering, framework policy and social enterprise

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Bairbre Nic Aongusa', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Rural and Community Development)'} {'name': 'William Parnell', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Rural and Community Development)'}

National Women's Council of Ireland

January–April

[Social Protection] National Pension reform process

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael Sheehan', 'role': 'Councillor (Wexford County Council)'}

National Women's Council of Ireland

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Istanbul Treaty implementation

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Charlie Flanagan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'David Stanton', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Justice and Equality)'}

National Women's Council of Ireland

January–April

[Health] Establishment of Dept. Health working group to examine roll-out of universal contraception

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Joanne Lonergan', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Health)'}

National Women's Council of Ireland

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Local Election candidate manifestoes

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Councillors', 'role': ''}

National Women's Council of Ireland

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Development of EU candidate manifestoes

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All MEPs', 'role': ''}

National Women's Council of Ireland

January–April

[Education and Training] Development of framework for third level education to enagage with issue of sexual violence and harassment

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mary Mitchell O’Connor', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'William Beausang', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Lynda McQuaid', 'role': 'Press Adviser (Department of Education and Skills)'}

National Women's Council of Ireland

January–April

[Justice and Equality] NWCI engagement with highly marginalised women

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Carol Baxter', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Justice and Equality)'}

National Women's Council of Ireland

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Referendum on Divorce

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Josepha Madigan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht)'} {'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)'}

National Women's Council of Ireland

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Gender Equality

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Angela Flanagan', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of the Taoiseach)'}

National Women's Council of Ireland

May–August

[Budgetary matters] Budget 2020

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Meeting All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'NWCI held a pre-budget submission lobby day in Leinster House AV Room to which all Oireachtas members were invited'} {'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'NWCI circulated pre-budget submissions to all Oireachtas members'} {'name': 'Social Media All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'NWCI posted its pre-budget submissions to social media platforms and called on Oireacthas members to support budgetary asks'}

National Women's Council of Ireland

May–August

[Health] Development of a Womens Health Action Plan

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Róisín Shorthall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Louise O'Reilly", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Alan Kelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

National Women's Council of Ireland

May–August

[Health] Submission on the implementation of a a scheme of universal access to contraception

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}

National Women's Council of Ireland

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Development of public policy on Abortioncare; development of th Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mary Lou McDonald', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Louise O'Reilly", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

National Women's Council of Ireland

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Wage Transparency Legislation

Public Officials Lobbied

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

National Women's Council of Ireland

May–August

[Justice and Equality] European and loca Election manifestos

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Email All MEPs', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Email All Councillors', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Social Media All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Social Media All MEPs', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Social Media All Councillors', 'role': ''} + 1 more

National Women's Council of Ireland

September–December

[Health] Advocate for the introduction of safe access zones for healthcare facilities

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Joan Collins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ruth Coppinger', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Alan Kelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Róisín Shorthall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 1 more

National Women's Council of Ireland

September–December

[Health] Urge members of the JOC Health to support a scheme of universal, state-funded access to contraception

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Bernard Durkan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Róisín Shorthall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael Harty', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Alan Kelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Margaret Murphy O'Mahony", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 6 more

National Women's Council of Ireland

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Developing supports to increase representation of women councillors throught launch of research, building local womens caucuses

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Invitation to attend launch of research Making Women Count'} {'name': 'Email All Senators', 'role': 'Invitation to attend launch of research Making Women Count'} {'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': 'Invitation to attend launch of research Making Women Count'} {'name': 'Email All Local Authority Members', 'role': 'Invitation to attend launch of research Making Women Count'} {'name': 'Email All Councillors', 'role': 'Invitation to attend launch of research Making Women Count'} {'name': 'Email All Councillors', 'role': "Invitation to attend meeting on developing local women's caucuses"} + 20 more

National Women's Council of Ireland

September–December

[Banking and Financial Institutions] CAlling for investment into childcare and protecting lone parents in transition to new childcare schemes and influence decisions in Budget 2020.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}

National Women's Council of Ireland

September–December

[Education and Training] Seeking funding for Ending Sexual Violence And Harassment project

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'William Beausang', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'}

National Women's Council of Ireland

January–April

[Social Protection] Advocating to establish a state maintenance agency in line with NWCI policy recommendations

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Lynn Ruane', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Catherine Ardagh', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'John Brady', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

National Women's Council of Ireland

January–April

[Education and Training] Gender Equality Taskforce for Higher Education

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mary Mitchell O’Connor', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Education and Skills)'}

National Women's Council of Ireland

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Domestic Violence Bill 2017

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Lynn Boylan', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

National Women's Council of Ireland

January–April

[Health] Assisted Human Reproduction Bill consultation process

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael Harty', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Louise O'Reilly", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Colm Burke', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': "Margaret Murphy O'Mahony", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Bernard Durkan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

National Women's Council of Ireland

January–April

[Health] Assisted Human Reproduction Bill consultation process

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Kate O'Connell", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

National Women's Council of Ireland

January–April

[Health] Assisted Human Reproduction Bill

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Louise O'Reilly", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

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