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Uplift

September–December

[Communications] Online Safety Media Regulation Bill on 24/09/2021

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Malcolm Byrne', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Uplift

September–December

[Health] Meeting with SF TDs in relation to maternity restrictions 4th October.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Uplift

September–December

[Health] Meeting between Oireachtas Women's Committee and better Maternity Care Campaign 15/09/2021

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Fiona O'Loughlin", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Holly Cairns', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Louise O'Reilly", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Rose Conway-Walsh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Kathleen Funchion', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 7 more

Uplift

September–December

[Environment] Petition delivery calling for a ban on the development of data centres on 06/10/21 and 30/09/2021

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': '1033 emails sent by members to TDs'} {'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': '2131 petition members emailed TDs'}

Uplift

September–December

[Housing] Invite to attend and recieve a petition delivery to stop investors buying up our homes on 5/10/21

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Francis Noel Duffy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Cummins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'Rebecca Moynihan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Richard Boyd Barrett', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Cian O'Callaghan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Uplift

September–December

[Housing] Twitter Share Action

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jane Horgan-Jones', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Mary Freehill', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Kevin Donoghue', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Dermot Lacey', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Declan Meenagh', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Alison Gilliland', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} + 19 more

Uplift

September–December

[Housing] Oscar Traynor Video Share [22/11/2021][Housing][Share Action]

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Social Media All Councillors', 'role': 'Tweet to Dublin City Councillors 55 members tweeted'}

Uplift

September–December

[Communications] meeting with Robert Troy Mon 22nd nov) re DSA and digital regulation

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Uplift

September–December

[Health] met with Ivana Bacik, Roisin Shortall, Colm Burke TDs re NMH Tue 23rd November

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Róisín Shorthall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Colm Burke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Uplift

September–December

[Housing] 8/11/21 Cllr John Lyons - call re Oscar traynor road vote Cllr Darcy Lonergan email re Oscar traynor road vote

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Darcy Lonergan', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'John Lyons', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'}

Uplift

September–December

[Housing] DCC Labour and Green councillors and Senator Rebecca Moynihan via email on 10/11/21 re: vote on oscar traynor road and circulating expert analysis on the proposed deal.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Rebecca Moynihan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Jane Horgan-Jones', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Mary Freehill', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Kevin Donoghue', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Dermot Lacey', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Declan Meenagh', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} + 11 more

Uplift

September–December

[Communications] 24/10/21 Email to Senator Malcolm Byrne regarding the timeline of the Online Media Safety Regulation Bill

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Malcolm Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Uplift

September–December

[Health] 29/10/21 Email to Ivana Bacik regarding attendance of a press briefing to launch results of legal research

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Uplift

September–December

[Communications] Invite to accept letter on toxic tech

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Catherine Martin', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)'} {'name': 'Robert Troy', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

Uplift

September–December

[Communications] Invite #FaceuptoFacebookto letter delivery

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Catherine Martin', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)'} {'name': 'Robert Troy', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Malcolm Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Holly Cairns', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Emer Higgins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Gary Gannon', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 6 more

Uplift

September–December

[Health] Follow up email in relation to pledge to make National Maternity Hospital secular and publicly owned

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Lahart', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Neasa Hourigan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Colm Burke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Jim O'Callaghan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Duncan Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 5 more

Uplift

September–December

[Health] Email to all TDs asking that they pledge their support for a secular public National Maternity Hospital

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': '1/12/21 and 24/11/21 - 146 and 352 members respectively emailed TDs in their constituencies'}

Uplift

September–December

[Housing] called via phone Hazel Chu, Kevin Donohue, Daithi Doolan, Micheál MacDonncha,

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Hazel Chu', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Kevin Donoghue', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Daithí Doolan', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Mícheál MacDonncha', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'}

Uplift

September–December

[Communications] Met with Robert Troy regarding regulation of big tech located in Ireland and Irelands input to the Digital Services Act

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Uplift

September–December

[Health] inviting TDs to attend a briefing on legal opinion concerning state ownership of land designated for the new maternity hospital - briefing held at Buswells Hotel on 23.11.21

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': 'email invite to event'} {'name': 'Event / Reception All TDs', 'role': 'press release and presentation of report findings at Buswells'}

Uplift

September–December

[Housing] Social Media Share Action

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Social Media All Local Authority Members', 'role': 'Dublin City Council'}

Uplift

September–December

[Health] Asking if Sinn Féin as a party will support the pledge for public and secular ownership of the National Maternity Hospital

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Uplift

September–December

[Communications] round table meeting with NGO re Digital Services Act reps from Far Right Observatory present

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Deirdre Clune', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Robert Troy', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

Uplift

September–December

[Communications] online meeting with to discuss FRO proposal about changing the recommender system within the digital services act to opt in and examples of why that is important.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Deirdre Clune', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

Bank of Ireland Group plc

September–December

[Agriculture] To brief on Bank of Ireland’s new Woodland Nature Credit scheme that supports carbon sequestration, biodiversity uplift and amenity value; and also on the potential to expand the scheme to include a range of other land based scenarios.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Paul O'Brien (Former DPO)", 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Uplift

January–April

[Housing] Uplift members called general election candidates to ask them to sign Uplift's Housing Pledge

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': '435 emails sent to TDs'}

Uplift

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] Uplift members emailed TDs asking them to sign Not Here Not Anywhere's Fossil Free Election Pledge

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': '417 emails sent'}

Uplift

January–April

[Housing] Uplift members sent emails to Dublin City Councillors asking them to vote for public land in Ballymun be kept for public homes

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Councillors', 'role': 'All Dublin City Councillors lobbied'}

Uplift

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Uplift members emailed Minister Charlie Flanagan to request the immediate implementation of emergency measures to protect the lives and health of people living in Direct Provision during the Covid-19 health emergency

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)'}

Uplift

January–April

[Housing] Uplift members emailed TDs asking them to add protection for renters from rent debt to the emergency Covid-19 legislation.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': '625 emails sent'}

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