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IPPN - The Irish Primary Principals' Network

January–April

[Education and Training] IPPN's findings in relation to the use of physical intervention for the prevention and management of crisis situations. Contents included: Introduction, background & context, Recommendations, DES online survey responses and conclusions

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Joe McHugh', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of the Taoiseach)'}

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)'}

Uplift

January–April

[Environment] Waste Management Bill

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}

Irish Cancer Society

January–April

[Health] Referral of statutory charges to external debt collection or legal agencies

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Jennifer Murnane O'Connor", 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Jerry Buttimer', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Gabrielle McFadden', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Jack and Jill Children's Foundation

January–April

[Health] The Jack & Jill Children's Foundation has been calling for the abolition of the In Loco Parentis rule in HSE homecare packages for sick children for the past number of years

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Freight Transport Association of Ireland

January–April

[EU Affairs] EU Mobility Package - exemption from the return home (drivers and vehicle) rule for touring companies carrying equipment on concert tours

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Cunningham Devlin Communications

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] Representations on behalf of the Micro-Renewable Energy industry on the level of the planning exempt thresholds as they apply to Solar PV installations and energy storage.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Niamy Drew', 'role': 'Economic Development & Planning (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'} {'name': 'Ciara Gallagher', 'role': 'Economic Development & Planning (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'}

UCD Students' Union Company Limited by Guarantee

January–April

[Local Government] Voter Registration and Voter Awareness Campaigns. We were seeking to engage Councillors in a campaign encouraging students to register to vote & vote in upcoming local elections.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Maria Bailey', 'role': 'Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)'} {'name': 'John Bailey', 'role': 'Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)'} {'name': 'Marie Baker', 'role': 'Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)'} {'name': 'Victor Boyhan', 'role': 'Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)'} {'name': 'Shay Brennan', 'role': 'Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Cuffe', 'role': 'Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)'} + 42 more

Nothern Trust Management Services (Ireland) Limited

January–April

[Banking and Financial Institutions] General update on the Irish Funds Industry

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Michael D'Arcy", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'}

Jack and Jill Children's Foundation

January–April

[Health] Meeting with Minister of Health Simon Harris TD and the Coalition of Paediatric Palliative Care Providers and Consultants with an agenda for discussion including Clarification of commitment to Children's Palliative Care; Commitment of fair funding for Children's Palliative Care; Removal of obstacles for the appointment of a National Programme Manager; Commitment to the development of an agreed plan of work 2020-2022

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Briefing on issues of concern to the DRCC in relation to combatting intimate image abuse

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children

January–April

[Children and Youth Affairs] Request for clarification on which government department or agency will accept the liability to cover the ISPCC staff who are members of NHASS pension scheme

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}

Environmental Pillar

January–April

[Heritage] Skellig Michael Management Plan.

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Private Hospitals Association

January–April

[Health] Requests for engagement regarding Slaintecare policy initiative, waiting list initiatives and matters arising in respect of NTPF.

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Age Action

January–April

[Social Protection] As part of the CV Pillar Bilateral meeting to discuss benchmarking social welfare rates with the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection as per the provision in the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Act 2018 and the National Action Plan for Social Inclusion

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association

January–April

[Agriculture] Address by Paul Savage, Assistant Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Food & Marine at the ICMSA National Council Meeting.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paul Savage', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}

Age Action

January–April

[Social Protection] Policy submission regarding benchmarking and indexing of social welfare payments

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'}

Cara House Family Resource Centre Ltd

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

January–April

[Transport] Lobbied for a town bus to connect all areas of Letterkenny and provide affordable access to disadvantaged people in the town

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Liam Ward', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Donegal County Council)'}

Age Action

May–August

[Public Expenditure and Reform] As part of the Community and Voluntary Pillar bilateral meeting to discuss public expenditure in the context of an ageing population and changes in home ownership patterns

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'David Moloney', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'}

Autism Spectrum Information, Advice and Meeting Point Ltd, Trading as AsIAm

January–April

[Education and Training] Invited Members of the Oireachtas to Attend the Launch of our Invisible Children Report on Exclusion and Withdrawal among Autistic School Children and Engage in a Following Brief of the Report.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'AsIAm wrote to various members of the Oireachtas inviting them to the launch of our report on Wednesday 3rd April, detailing the issue of exclusion and withdrawal among Irish schoolchildren on the autism spectrum. Members whose respective portfolios pertained to health, education and disability affairs were especially encouraged to attend.'} {'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': "Following the report's launch, all members of the Oireachtas, including those who were able to attend that morning and those who were not, were offered a briefing that we ourselves in AsIAm would conduct."}

Irish Road Haulage Association

January–April

[Transport] The European Commission's Mobility Package is a collection of 3 initiatives concerning the governance of commercial road transport in the European Union. It represents the biggest change to EU road transport rules, covering many aspects of the industry's activities.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Marian Harkin', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Deirdre Clune', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Matt Carthy', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

The Wheel

January–April

[Health] The Wheel participated in a bi-lateral meeting of the Community and Voluntary Pillar and the Department of Health at which the Department was encouraged to implement the recommendations of the Independent Review Group on the Role of Voluntary Providers

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Siobhan O’Halloran', 'role': 'Chief Nursing Officer (Department of Health)'}

Pender & Associates Ltd

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

January–April

[Health] Engagement on medicine policy reform

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Invitation to stakeholder meeting'} {'name': 'John Brassil', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Robert Watt', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Mairead McGuinness', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Deirdre Clune', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Joe Hackett', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Cork Chamber

January–April

[Local Government] Cork County Council Management Meeting

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Tim Lucey', 'role': 'CEO (Cork County Council)'} {'name': 'Declan Daly', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Cork County Council)'} {'name': 'James Fogarty', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Cork County Council)'} {'name': 'Sharon Corcoran', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Cork County Council)'}

Irish Association of Speech and Language Therapists

January–April

[Health] Letter to Minister Jim Daly in response to launch of Mental Health Commission Strategy 2019-2022 ‘Protecting People’s Rights’

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jim Daly', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}

ATD Fourth World Ireland CLG

January–April

[Social Protection] Leave No One Behind Promise of UN Agenda 2030

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}

Irish Association of Speech and Language Therapists

January–April

[Health] Letter to Minister Harris in response to HSE Report of the Review of the Irish Health Services for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Michael Harty', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Finian McGrath', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}

Irish Association of Speech and Language Therapists

January–April

[Health] Contributed to letter to Minister Harris regarding establishment of a Health and Social Care Advisory Unit within the Department of Health

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Hanover Media Strategy Limited

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

January–April

[Heritage] Drafting of secondary legislation to allow for the transposing of Article 19 of Commission Regulation No. 865/2006 of 4 May 2006 into Irish law.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Cian Connaughton', 'role': 'Adviser to Minister (Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht)'} {'name': 'Niall Ó Donnchú', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht)'} {'name': 'Josepha Madigan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht)'} {'name': 'Katherine Licken', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht)'}

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