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Coach Tourism and Transport Council of Ireland

May–August

[Transport] Request for meeting to discuss transportation matters & the sustainability agenda

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Steven Matthews', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Hume Brophy

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

May–August

[Taxation] EU VAT E-Commerce Package

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Niall Cody', 'role': 'Chairman (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}

Mental Health Ireland

May–August

[Health] Deputy CEO met with Minister Butler & Anne Rabbitte TD at Galway Community Cafe launch on 11-8-2021. Development Officer met with C.E of Fingal County Council and Mayor of Fingal to set up meetings in September regarding set up of new Thrive project in Balgriggan. CEO & Mental Health Promotion Manager met Ministers at launch of Great Places & Spaces in Wexford on 23/7/2021

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Seána Ó Rodaigh', 'role': 'Councillor (Fingal County Council)'} {'name': 'AnnMarie Farrelly', 'role': 'Chief Executive Officer (Fingal County Council)'} {'name': 'James Browne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Chambers Ireland

May–August

[Transport] Culture and Age Friendly Design

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'Paul McAuliffe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Steven Matthews', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Emer Higgins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Thomas Gould', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Joe Flaherty', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 11 more

Uplift

May–August

[Housing] Uplift campaigner Michelle Byrne emailed Patricia Roe, Social Democrat Councillor asking her to vote against the Land Development Agency Bill

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Patricia Roe', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'}

Uplift

May–August

[Housing] Uplift members emailed Fianna Fáil TDs asking them to vote against the Land Development Agency Bill

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': 'Emails were sent to all Fianna Fáil TDs'}

Uplift

May–August

[Housing] Uplift members emailed Fianna Fáil Dublin Councillors asking them to vote against the Land Development Agency Bill and to raise the issues with the Land Development Agency Bill with Minister Darragh O’Brien and ask him why he is rejecting amendments in the committee that would allow councillors to keep the decision making powers on public land

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Councillors', 'role': 'Emails sent to Fianna Fáil Dublin Councillors'}

Freight Transport Association of Ireland

May–August

[Transport] Suggest solutions to support haulage sector deal with driver shortage

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Hildegarde Naughton', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Transport)'}

Cuala Senior Care Limited

May–August

[Health] Engagement on Home Instead's announcement of 1,000 new caregiver jobs across Ireland, the home care workforce in Ireland and future resource planning.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Alan Kelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Colm Burke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} + 3 more

National Association of Regional Game Councils

May–August

[Heritage] Lobbying in relation to open season orders and game management

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Malcolm Noonan', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}

RSA Insurance Ireland DAC

May–August

[Banking and Financial Institutions] At a meeting with Minister of State Sean Fleming in April, the Minister requested that staff from RSA engage with Department officials in relation to considerations around potential policy responses to Differential Pricing. RSA committed to participating in a meeting to share its views on insurance pricing considerations and to answer questions from officials. The discussion referenced pricing approaches in Ireland versus certain international markets.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Sean Fleming', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'}

Irish Bookmakers Association

May–August

[Taxation] Covid-19 & Betting Tax - Betting shops are an important part of the retail and social structure of towns and villages across Ireland. In addition to the very significant contribution, they make to the Irish Exchequer, they provide invaluable local employment and play an important role in providing retail services for customers to coWe propose that; 1. Retail supports are extended as much as possible and that the betting tax is reviewed urgently

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Galway Regional Youth Federation Company Limited by Guarantee

May–August

[Local Government] Seeking an alternative space to meet young people in Ballinasloe after flood damage to Youth Centre

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Dr Evelyn Francis Parsons', 'role': 'Councillor (Galway County Council)'} {'name': 'Aisling Dolan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Treoir (Federation of Services for Unmarried Parents and their Children)

May–August

[Children and Youth Affairs] the review of the Childcare Act 1991; Practice and policy relating to Kinship Families; Alternative Care Definition; Policies and practices administered by DCEDIY and Child and Family Agency (TUSLA)

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

May–August

[Budgetary matters] Engagement with Ministers, Elected Officials and Senior Civil Servants regarding SVP pre-budget asks for 2022

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Email with a copy of SVP pre-budget submission sent to to all members of the Oireachtas on the 7th of July'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Norma Foley', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science)'} + 17 more

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

May–August

[Children and Youth Affairs] Engagement with Ministers and Elected Officials as part of the National One Parent Family Alliance of which SVP is a member

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'Rónán Hession', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

May–August

[Housing] Engagement with the Minister for Housing as part of the High Level Homelessness Taskforce

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

May–August

[Social Protection] Engagement with Minister for Communities as part of the Roadmap for Social Inclusion Steering Group and the Food Poverty working group

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Joe O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Carol Baxter', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Bairbre Nic Aongusa', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Rural and Community Development)'} {'name': 'Geraldine Hurley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)'}

Association of Visitor Experiences and Attractions CLG

May–August

[Tourism] AVEA (the Association of Visitor Experiences & Attractions) sought the removal of prohibition on indoor guided tours in visitor experiences and attractions. Visitor experiences are highly controlled and managed environments, and guided tours enable adherence to public health guidelines. Maximum capacity limits greatly inhibit ability to welcome visitors. Prohibition on guided tours makes it difficult to cater for international groups, school groups, etc.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Catherine Martin', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)'} {'name': 'Katherine Licken', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)'} {'name': 'Imelda Munster', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Alan Dillon', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Cathal Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 3 more

Early Childhood Ireland

May–August

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

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Mick Barry', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Thomas Pringle', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Angela Feeney', 'role': 'Councillor (Kildare County Council)'} + 8 more

Dyslexia Association of Ireland

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Garda entry requirements, specifically the requirement for a second language which disadvantages applicants with dyslexia or other neurodiverse profiles.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Hildegarde Naughton', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Justice)'}

Rehab Group

May–August

[Employment] The Wage Subsidy Scheme for People with Disabilities

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht)'}

SAFE Ireland National Social Change Agency CLG T/A SAFE Ireland

May–August

[Tourism] Submission on the General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'One single e-mail sent to all Oireachtas members with PDF attachment: Submission on the General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020'}

The Wheel

May–August

[Health] Ivan Cooper attended and engaged in a Health Dialogue Forum workshop about the continuing relationship between the State and the Community and voluntary sector in the area of health.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Robert Watt', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Health)'}

American Chamber of Commerce Ireland

May–August

[Economic Development and Industry] Discussion on Ireland's Research and Innovation Agenda

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Keith Moynes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science)'}

NCBI

May–August

[Heritage] Highlighting inaccessibility of cultural and heritage venues and sites to people who are blind or vision impaired.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Malcolm Noonan', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}

SAFE Ireland National Social Change Agency CLG T/A SAFE Ireland

May–August

[Justice and Equality] AV Briefing: No Going Back - Discussion Paper on Ireland's Startegy to Address Domestic, Sexual, and Gender-Based Violence

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Jim O'Callaghan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Martin Kenny', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

SAFE Ireland National Social Change Agency CLG T/A SAFE Ireland

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Safe Ireland was identified as a stakeholder and invited by the Joint Committee on Justice to make a submission on the elective topic of Domestic Violence Refuges as part of the Committee's Autumn 2021 work programme.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

SAFE Ireland National Social Change Agency CLG T/A SAFE Ireland

September–December

[Finance] Pre-Budget 2022 Submission titled: No Going Back - A Response to Domestic Violence in Ireland

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Submission All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Copy of our Pre-Budget Submission was circulated in Portable Document Format to all TDs and Senators'} {'name': 'Josepha Madigan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Nursing Homes Ireland

May–August

[Health] The Temporary Assistance Payment Scheme (TAPS) provided vital financial support to enable nursing homes implement intensified infection prevention control measures to prevent and manage Covid19. The scheme ended 30th June 2021. NHI supported grassroots campaign and Executive engaged in representations to every TD advancing necessity for continuation of the scheme, to ensure the intensified infection prevention control measures it supported could continue to be implemented.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'An open letter to all TDs and Senators – Cessation of IPC funding supports for nursing homes'} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Gino Kenny', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Alan Kelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 6 more

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