Overwatch Report

Care Alliance Ireland

May–August

[Health] Provision of material (invited) to Labour Party for inclusion in Private Members Motion.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Willie Penrose', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Care Alliance Ireland

September–December

[Budgetary matters] Pre-Budget Submission - calling for increased funding and access to services across government departments and the HSE for family carers and those they care for.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Catherine Byrne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Jim Daly', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Damien English', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Finian McGrath', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 1 more

Care Alliance Ireland

January–April

[Social Protection] National Action Plan for Social Inclusion 2018 to 2021 Public Consultation

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Niamh O'Donoghue", 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Social Protection)'}

Care Alliance Ireland

January–April

[Social Protection] Lonliness Taskforce

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Keith Swanick', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Care Alliance Ireland

January–April

[Employment] Consultation on Proposed Guiding Principles to frame the State’s Economic Migration Policy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John Murphy', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'}

Care Alliance Ireland

May–August

[Health] Submission on the Advance Healthcare Directives Codes of Practice Consultation (HSE)

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Care Alliance Ireland

May–August

[Community] Submission on the future direction of the Scheme to Support National Organisations (SSNO)

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael Ring', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Rural and Community Development)'}

Care Alliance Ireland

May–August

[Social Protection] 2019 Pre-Budget Submission to the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection calling for Increased supports for Family Carers in the area of Income Supports, Respite Care and Home Care support.

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Care Alliance Ireland

May–August

[Health] Submission regarding the review of Respite Care

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Care Alliance Ireland

May–August

[Health] Submission to the consultation on the draft revised Code of Conduct for Pharmacists (2018)

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Care Alliance Ireland

September–December

[Health] Request for new National Carers Strategy, Improved Home Care Provision, Improved Respite care,

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Care Alliance Ireland

September–December

[Transport] Request introduction of a Transport Support Scheme

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Care Alliance Ireland

September–December

[Health] The legal right to respite care

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Care Alliance Ireland

September–December

[Housing] Increase funding to the Housing Adaptation Grant

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Damien English', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'}

Care Alliance Ireland

September–December

[Health] The legal right to respite care

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Catherine Byrne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Jim Daly', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Finian McGrath', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}

Care Alliance Ireland

September–December

[Health] Request for new National Carers Strategy, Improved Home Care Provision, Improved Respite care,

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Catherine Byrne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Jim Daly', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Finian McGrath', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}

Care Alliance Ireland

September–December

[Housing] Increase funding to the Housing Adaptation Grant

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Damien English', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'} {'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government)'}

Care Alliance Ireland

September–December

[Housing] Increase funding to the Housing Adaptation Grant

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Damien English', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'} {'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government)'} {'name': 'John Paul Phelan', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'}

Care Alliance Ireland

September–December

[Health] Call for Additional Investment in Home Care Supports

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Care Alliance Ireland

September–December

[Community] Press Release/Briefing with 6 NGO's calling on Government to allocate resources in Budget 2019 to fund the implementation of Department of Rural and Community Development’s strategies to support the community and voluntary sector, volunteering and social enterprise.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael Ring', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Rural and Community Development)'}

Care Alliance Ireland

January–April

[Health] Joint Campaign with 12 other NGOs' on the Issue of Public Provision of Home Care. Using the #InvestInHomeCare

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}

Care Alliance Ireland

January–April

[Health] Joint Campaign with 12 other NGOs' on the Issue of Public Provision of Home Care; specifically seeking a Statutory Entitlement to Home Care.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}

Care Alliance Ireland

May–August

[Budgetary matters] 2018 Pre-Budget Submission to the Department of Social Protection calling for Increased supports for Family Carers in the area of Income Supports, Respite Care and Home Care support.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'}

Care Alliance Ireland

May–August

[Health] Home Care Consultation

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Care Alliance Ireland

September–December

[Health] Submissson made - following invitation by the Department of Health - about Personalised Budgets. Full submission available at http://www.carealliance.ie/userfiles/file/CAI%20personalised%20budget%20consultation%20submission%20October%202017.pdf

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Care Alliance Ireland

September–December

[Budgetary matters] Press Release/Briefing with 6 NGO's calling on Government to include a package of measures to help charities tackle growing social exclusion and support communities.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'}

Care Alliance Ireland

September–December

[Community] Made submission to the CSO 2021 Census Consultation

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Pádraig Dalton', 'role': 'Director General (Central Statistics Office)'}

Care Alliance Ireland

September–December

[Health] Made submission re Home Care following invitation by Department of Health.

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Care Alliance Ireland

September–December

[Health] Carers Rights Day -

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Care Alliance Ireland

May–August

[Health] Op Ed in National Newspaper (Irish Examiner, 26 August 2016) calling for Statutory Provision for Home Care http://bit.ly/2bS5xUZ

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}

Lobbying Tracker

Most Lobbied TDs