Overwatch Report

Sage Advocacy

January–April

[Health] Covid-19 & Nursing Homes: To ascertain the rate of infection from Covid-19 in nursing homes during wave 3 compared to the first outbreak of Covid-19 in nursing homes during 2020 and also get clarification on the number of cases of Covid-19 and deaths from Covid-19 in nursing homes.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'David Cullinane (Currently employed as a DPO)', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}

Sage Advocacy

January–April

[Health] Covid-19 & Nursing Homes: To highlight concerns and issues raised by members of Sage Advocacy's - Nursing Home Residents Family Forum, in particular in relation to staff shortages, communication and visitor restrictions.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Kathleen MacLellan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Health)'}

Sage Advocacy

January–April

[Health] Covid 19 & Nursing Homes: To seek clarification from the Minister for Health on specific issues relating to the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine programme to nursing home residents including mop up clinics.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Róisín Shortall (Currently employed as a DPO)', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}

Sage Advocacy

January–April

[Health] Covid-19 & Nursing Homes: To ask the Government to provide a response to key issues in relation to Covid-19 and nursing homes including visitation guidance specifically in relation to vaccination status, infection prevention and control measures in relation to staff working across multiple nursing home sites and position on mop up clinics.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Fergus O'Dowd (Currently employed as a DPO)", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}

Sage Advocacy

January–April

[Health] Covid-19 & Nursing Homes: Social media posts to mark the 1 year anniversary of the first reported cases of Covid-19 in nursing homes in Ireland.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Alan Kelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Tralee Chamber Alliance

May–August

[Economic Development and Industry] SME Support Structures in Kerry - Supporting SME’s should be a key priority for the Economic Recovery of the county, as currently over 8 out of every 10 private sector jobs in the county are within SME’s. We need to develop the county-wide eco-system to deliver a thriving community of agile and growing SME’s and to support new start-ups into the sectors represented. Co-ordination of all local stakeholders, access to relevant supports and one-to-one engagement

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael Scannell', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Kerry County Council)'}

Tralee Chamber Alliance

May–August

[Economic Development and Industry] Support for Town Teams and Business Groups in Kerry - Every town and village throughout Kerry with a population in excess of 2000 inhabitants should have a supported Town Team/Chamber Alliance structure. Smaller villages/regions within the county with clustered populations less than 2000 inhabitants should be supported by their nearest Alliance team. Local business groups must be enabled and resourced to be productive partners in supporting the delivery of loc

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael Scannell', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Kerry County Council)'}

Tralee Chamber Alliance

May–August

[Economic Development and Industry] Apprenticeship Shortage in Kerry - The shortage of skilled Apprentices across a myriad of sectors presents an employment growth opportunity for the entire county. We would be supportive of further capital investment into the infrastructure to develop apprenticeships, in particular focused on the development of facilities across the entire county in the areas of marine, tourism, construction, retail and environmental sustainability.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael Scannell', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Kerry County Council)'}

Tralee Chamber Alliance

May–August

[Economic Development and Industry] Elderly Housing Tralee - With population growth and aging comes the opportunity to develop quality urban accommodation in the town centre and enable ‘downsizing’ to occur which would free up larger homes for new families. Current residential accommodation shortages are inhibiting the potential for attracting new talent and remote workers back to Tralee

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael Scannell', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Kerry County Council)'}

Tralee Chamber Alliance

May–August

[Local Government] Digital Towns Kerry possesses incredible digital skills. There are R&D facilities and private sector companies involved at the forefront of development. Many of these companies operate ‘under the radar’. We must now leverage the assets that the county possesses to work collaboratively in supporting a digital infrastructure for our towns in a planned ‘Digital Town’ programme led by Kerry County Council. This digital town programme must be focused on improving the customer expe

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael Scannell', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Kerry County Council)'}

Tralee Chamber Alliance

May–August

[Development and Zoning] Job Creation in Monavalley & Clash Industrial Estates - Masterplans are required for the redevelopment of the industrial estates in CLASH AND MONAVALLEY in Tralee. The existing ‘industrial’ parks have been diluted through loose planning allowing too broad a scope of usage. Both parks are suffering from lack of investment, identity, significant building deterioration (Clash in particular), environmental restrictions and a complete lack of physical public realm and landsca

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael Scannell', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Kerry County Council)'}

Early Childhood Ireland

January–April

[Children and Youth Affairs] The impact of Covid-19 on early years and school-age care settings

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Anne-Marie Brooks', 'role': 'Acting Assistant Secretary (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}

Tralee Chamber Alliance

May–August

[Economic Development and Industry] Fenit Port The maintenance and ongoing development of Fenit Port and its access roads is a critical element of the county’s infrastructure. With the advancement of the Tralee-Fenit Greenway the opportunities for Fenit Port’s development has broadened beyond the traditional fishing, industrial shipping and leisure industry to include a tourism and education asset which would benefit greatly from further investment. FENIT VILLAGE must see the development of its

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael Scannell', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Kerry County Council)'}

iCare Housing CLG

January–April

[Housing] Mortgage-to-Rent scheme

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'Kevin Dillon', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}

Sage Advocacy

January–April

[Health] To ascertain when the regulations, provided for under the provisions of the Data Protection Act 2018, to enable the appropriate and necessary inter-agency sharing of information for the purposes of safeguarding adults who need protection - will be available?

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Frances Black', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Alice-Mary Higgins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Early Childhood Ireland

January–April

[Children and Youth Affairs] The bespoke Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) for the childcare sector

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mary Lou McDonald', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Kathleen Funchion', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Whitmore', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 26 more

Sage Advocacy

January–April

[Health] Covid-19& Nursing Homes: To highlight the impact of Covid-19 on nursing home residents and their families and in particular the impact of restricted visiting on the well being and mental health of nursing home residents.

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Sage Advocacy

January–April

[Health] Covid-19 & Nursing Homes: To communicate directly to the Minister of State at the Department of Health key concerns in relation to nursing home residents and Covid-19 identified by Sage Advocacy through its work and also to represent key issues highlighted by members of sage Advocacy's Nursing Home Residents - Family Forum to the Minister.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}

Sage Advocacy

January–April

[Health] To share a discussion document with elected representatives to highlight key long term care issues in Ireland and to suggest a policy action framework for an alternative model of long-term support and care which could be progressed through the Government’s proposed Commission on Care.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Colm Burke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Seán Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Bernard Durkan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Neasa Hourigan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Gino Kenny', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Lahart', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 7 more

PDP Ltd Paul Smyth

January–April

[Local Government] We have a site of land in Louth Village which we hoped would be rezoned for Residential Purposes

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Antoín Watters', 'role': 'Councillor (Louth County council)'} {'name': 'Maeve Anna Yore', 'role': 'Councillor (Louth County council)'} {'name': 'Liam Reilly', 'role': 'Councillor (Louth County council)'} {'name': 'Marianne Butler', 'role': 'Councillor (Louth County council)'} {'name': 'Maria Doyle', 'role': 'Councillor (Louth County council)'} {'name': 'Conor Keelan', 'role': 'Councillor (Louth County council)'} + 2 more

Sage Advocacy

January–April

[Health] Covid-19 & Nursing Homes: To highlight key issues in relation to visitor restrictions in nursing homes and the impact that these have on nursing home residents and their families.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Fergus O'Dowd", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Róisín Shorthall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael McNamara', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Sage Advocacy

January–April

[Health] Covid 19 & Nursing Homes: To ascertain directly from the Minister of State at the Department of Health if nursing home residents will also benefit from the “vaccine bonus” for those fully vaccinated in the community and to highlight to the Minister issues around visiting guidance in nursing homes.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[EU Affairs] Submission to Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment regarding a proposal for a Directive of European Parliament and of the Council on adequate minimum wages in the European Union (COM (2020) 682

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Pat Breen', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'}

Ruhama

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Engagement with Public Representatives in relation to premises matters

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'} {'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[EU Affairs] Draft Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages in the EU

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Maria Walsh', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Deirdre Clune', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Colm Markey', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': "Grace O'Sullivan", 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

Ruhama

January–April

[EU Affairs] Email to Irish MEPs to encourage them to vote in support of a resolution on the Anti-Trafficking Directive

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Barry Andrews', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Ciaran Cuffe', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Chris MacManus', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Luke Ming Flanagan', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Colm Markey', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} + 5 more

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

January–April

[EU Affairs] Draft Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages in the EU

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Chris MacManus', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': "Louise O'Reilly", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paul Gavan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Maeve Collins', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Ged Nash', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Barry Andrews', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

Restaurants Association of Ireland

January–April

[Tourism] Meeting to discuss concerns and urgent supports needed for the Restaurant and Hospitality Sector, including a plan for reopening indoor dining and a date, wage supports continuation and issues including PUP liabilities, insurance claims issues, need for a revamped stay and spend scheme voucher, skills shortage

Public Officials Lobbied

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

CHILDREN'S RIGHTS ALLIANCE - REPUBLIC OF IRELAND LIMITED

January–April

[Children and Youth Affairs] Access to Early Years Education for disadvantaged children

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Restaurants Association of Ireland

May–August

[Employment] To discuss submission made to Low Pay Commission in early 2021 as part of yealry consultation on Minimum Wage

Public Officials Lobbied

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

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