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Saint Patrick's Cathedral
September–December
[Heritage] Raising awareness of the plight of the Cathedral roof works due to loss of income resulting from the Covid 19 Pandemic
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
Saint Patrick's Cathedral
September–December
[Heritage] Raising awareness of the plight of St Patrick's Cathedral, since losing the main source of income from visitors due to the pandemic.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Aengus Ó Snodaigh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Catherine Ardagh', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Catherine Martin', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)'} {'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'Malcolm Noonan', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}
Electricity Association of Ireland (EAI)
May–August
[Energy and Natural Resources] Raising awarenes of 2 eurelectric Reports on the decarbonization potential in European ports including a variety of industries and water transport AND key policies which could be introduced to counteract the regressive effects of climate policies.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Philip Nugent', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}
Irish Heart Foundation
September–December
[Health] IHF FAST campaign on awareness of stroke symptoms
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Hazel Chu', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Aodhán Ó Ríordáin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Louise O'Reilly", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Holly Cairns', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 62 more
Gibney Communications
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
September–December
[Communications] 'Draw attention to the importance of 5G investment from Huawei / Amárach report ‘The 5G Future’ instead of raise awareness etc
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Climate Action, Communication Networks and Transport)'} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Cathal Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Duncan Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Kieran O'Donnell", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 6 more
Insurance Ireland
September–December
[Banking and Financial Institutions] On behalf of members, to raise awareness of issues pertinent to the Irish insurance industry.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Colm Markey', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}
Insurance Ireland
September–December
[Banking and Financial Institutions] On behalf of members, to raise awareness of the Digital Operational Resilience Act "DORA".
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}
Gibney Communications
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
September–December
[Health] Sending Drinkaware annual report and meeting request to discuss key findings, Request a meeting to discuss a pending Drinkaware report on the rising number of children impacted by living in households where excessive alcohol is being consumed. Submission to the Oireachtas Health Committee on the Harmful Impact of Covid-19 on Drinking Patterns in Ireland.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Climate Action, Communication Networks and Transport)'} {'name': 'Norma Foley', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Susan Mitchell', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Colm O’Reardon', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} + 8 more
Insight Consultants
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
September–December
[Energy and Natural Resources] To raise awareness on the need for a nationwide ban on smoky coal
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Alan Kelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Seán Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Neasa Hourigan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
Veon Limited
September–December
[Agriculture] Raise awareness of the negative effect of recent amendment to the Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Charlie McConalogue', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Pippa Hackett', 'role': 'Super Junior Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Colm Hayes', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
Veon Limited
September–December
[Agriculture] Maintain awareness of the extreme difficulties being inflicted upon the forest sector by the slow resolution to the licencing crisis within the Forest Service.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Pippa Hackett', 'role': 'Super Junior Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
Instinctif Partners Public Affairs Ireland
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
September–December
[Health] To raise awareness of the opportunity to reduce the costs of medicines as set out in the MFI report "Ireland's Patients First 2020-2022"
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Email All Councillors', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Cathal Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Seán Kyne', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Colm Burke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
Sage Advocacy
September–December
[Health] Covid-19 and Nursing Homes: To highlight that some nursing homes were not facilitating window visits, to help raise awareness of this issue to ensure that nursing home owners and operators showed compassion to families and their loved ones in nursing homes and to highlight the need for a national protocol on visiting and nursing homes.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Róisín Shorthall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
O Cualann Cohousing Alliance CLG
September–December
[Housing] Raise awareness of the Ó Cualann model
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Mary J. Mulholland', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Kilkenny County Council)'}
Environmental Pillar
September–December
[Agriculture] Raised awareness of the need to ensure that the Agri-Food Strategy 2030 is sustainable, with specific targets around climate action, biodiversity and environmental protection.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Pippa Hackett', 'role': 'Super Junior Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Malcolm Noonan', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'Charlie McConalogue', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Climate Action, Communication Networks and Transport)'} {'name': 'Bríd Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 19 more
Respond
September–December
[Housing] Launch of Respond Annual Report 2019 and Increase awareness of the challenges facing social housing and support for Respond projects
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Barry O'Leary", 'role': 'Chief Executive Officer (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'} {'name': 'Jim Baneham', 'role': 'Head of Unit (Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government)'}
Irish Haemochromatosis Association
September–December
[Health] Meeting Request with the Minister of Health to raise the followings issues: 1. The issue of a National Screening Programme for Haemochromatosis- one in 83 Irish people are predisposed to iron overload . 2 The unjust €80 charged by certain hospital groups for venesection 3 Greater involvement by the HSE in raising awareness of HH and ensuring that no Irish person with Haemochromatosis goes undiagnosed and untreated 4 Venesection by GP's should be mandatory
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
Irish Haemochromatosis Association
September–December
[Health] To raise the followings issues as Parliamentary Questions: 1. The issue of a National Screening Programme for Haemochromatosis- one in 83 Irish people are predisposed to iron overload . 2 The unjust €80 charged by certain hospital groups for venesection 3 Greater involvement by the HSE in raising awareness of HH and ensuring that no Irish person with Haemochromatosis goes undiagnosed and untreated 4 Venesection by GP's should be mandatory
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Colm Burke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
Young Social Innovators
September–December
[Education and Training] To raise awareness of YSI's work in scaling social innovation education in Ireland and the funding application for DAFunds
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Norma Foley', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'}
Community Law & Mediation
September–December
[Justice and Equality] Meeting with Deputy Whitmore to raise CLM`s concerns about the Climate Action Bill and to raise awareness of CLM`s submission on the Bill
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jennifer Whitmore', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
Irish Environmental Network
September–December
[Environment] Raised awareness of a briefing by the Planning Environment Local Government Bar Association and Climate Case Ireland, in the context of Irish climate policy.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Lynn Boylan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Alice-Mary Higgins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Victor Boyhan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Catherine Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Holly Cairns', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Whitmore', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 4 more
Irish Environmental Network
September–December
[Environment] Raised awareness of changes proposed by the European Commission to regulations set out in the Aarhus Convention on access to environmental justice and public participation, facilitating discussions between legal experts and public representatives on these matters.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Clare Daly', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Mick Wallace', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}
Dublin AIDS Alliance CLG trading as HIV Ireland
September–December
[Health] Meeting with Tanaiste Leo Varadkar on 30 Nov 2020 at Government Buildings as part of an awareness raising event for World AIDS Day.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
Autism Spectrum Information, Advice and Meeting Point Ltd, Trading as AsIAm
September–December
[Health] Engaged with Minister Rabbitte's office on raising awareness of the medical exemptions for face coverings as relevant to some members of the autism community
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Noel Byrne', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Health)'}
Irish Street Arts, Circus and Spectacle Network
January–April
[Arts] Raising the profile and the recognition of the Street, Circus and Spectacle art forms at national policy level. Raising awareness about the urgent need for Insurance reform for the benefit of ISACS members, communities, arts organisations and festivals. and .
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Tania Banotti', 'role': 'Director (Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht)'} {'name': 'Michael D’Arcy', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'James Browne', 'role': 'Councillor (Wexford County Council)'} {'name': 'Malcolm Byrne', 'role': 'Councillor (Wexford County Council)'} {'name': 'John Hegarty', 'role': 'Councillor (Wexford County Council)'} {'name': 'George Lawlor', 'role': 'Councillor (Wexford County Council)'} + 2 more
Alcohol Action Ireland
January–April
[Health] Raise awareness of Parental alcohol misuse and our 'Silent Voices' initiative
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}
Alcohol Action Ireland
January–April
[Finance] Awareness of issues on VAT/Excise duties on non-alcohol products
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
Aware
January–April
[Education and Training] Invited Minister Daly to attend Aware Life skills progarmme delivered in Lusk Community school and Minister attended with the CEO on the 26/03/2019
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jim Daly', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}
Veon Limited
January–April
[Agriculture] Increase awareness of difficulties arising from the continuing delay in the introduction of a single consent system for forest entrances
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Andrew Doyle', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}
St Patrick's Athletic Football Club
January–April
[Sports and Recreation] To ensure that those taking decisions on how to proceed with the development of St Michael's Estate are aware of the potential benefits of the St Patrick's Athletic proposal, so that whatever procurement process is decided on is such as to allow that proposal to be considered
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Tom O'Mahony (Former DPO)", 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)'} {'name': 'Owen Keegan', 'role': 'CEO (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Daithí Doolan', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Greg Kelly', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Hazel De Nortuin', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Pat Dunne', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} + 7 more
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