Overwatch Report

Center for Independent Living

September–December

[Housing] Discussion on the implementation of the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Kieran O'Donnell", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}

Center for Independent Living

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Launch of ILMI Strategic Plan

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Erin McGreehan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}

Center for Independent Living

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Attending Green Party Ard Fheis to bring ILMI analysis on the needs of disabled people to Green Party members in relation to realising UNCRPD

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Pippa Hackett', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Oliver Moran', 'role': 'Councillor (Cork City Council)'}

Center for Independent Living

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Launch of ILMI website

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Joe O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Rural and Community Development)'}

Center for Independent Living

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Launch of DPO Network Position paper on the role of DPOs in Ireland in Oireachtas AV room on 14th December

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eileen Flynn', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Pauline Tully', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Fiona O'Loughlin", 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Seán Canney', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael Moynihan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Center for Independent Living

September–December

[Justice and Equality] ILMI attending Sinn Fein ard Fheis on 9th November to promote role of ILMI as a national Disabled Persons Organisation (DPO) to realise UNCRPD

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Center for Independent Living

September–December

[Social Protection] Discussion on the proposed Green Paper reform on Disability payments

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Center for Independent Living

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Invitation to virtual launchf of ILMI policy document "Enabling Participation: Supporting the involvement of disabled people in Political Parties" on 15th February

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Email invitation to attend launch on 15th February'} {'name': 'Email All Councillors', 'role': 'Email invitation to attend launch on 15th February'} {'name': 'Peter Burke', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Paul Donnelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Alison Gilliland', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} + 6 more

Center for Independent Living

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Meeting with Senator McGreehan to discuss ILMI's work to support the development of a Disabled Persons Organisation (DPO) in County Louth

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Erin McGreehan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Center for Independent Living

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Meeting with Minister Rabbitte and Senator McGreehan to look at the role of DPOs in the implementation of the UNCRPD locally and nationally

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Erin McGreehan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}

Center for Independent Living

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Working with Local Authorities to pass motions to support a right to disabled people being able to access a Personal Assistance Service (PAS)

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Councillors', 'role': 'Emails to councillors in counties Laois, Tipperary, Dublin City and Dun Laoighre Rathdown'}

Center for Independent Living

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Promotion of ILMI webinar on 5th May to encourage all TDs, Senators and Councillors to attend

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Email sent to invite all TDs and Senators to attend ILMI webinar via Zoom'} {'name': 'Email All Councillors', 'role': 'Email sent to invite all Councillors to attend ILMI webinar via Zoom'}

Center for Independent Living

May–August

[Budgetary matters] ODG Budget lobbying day in the Oireachtas

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ged Nash', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Duncan Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Annie Hoey', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Joan Collins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Catherine Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 12 more

Center for Independent Living

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Invitation to ILMI PAS (Personal Assistance Service) briefing in the Oireachtas AV room on 28th June

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Senators', 'role': 'Email sent and reminder email to TDs and Senators about the briefing'}

Center for Independent Living

May–August

[Justice and Equality] ILMI concerns in relation to the Assisted Decision Making Capacity Bill

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Cathal Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Jennifer Murnane O'Connor", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Seán Canney', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael Moynihan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Sorca Clarke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mark Ward', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 3 more

Center for Independent Living

September–December

[Budgetary matters] Present ILMI 5 prebudget priorities: a cost of disability allowance, investment in DPOs, Indepenent Living Supports, Housing for disabled people and employmetn supports

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Invitation to launch of ILMI "Invest in Inclusion" on 20th September and follow up email with publication after launch'}

Center for Independent Living

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Emailing ILMI document "Enabling Participation: supporting the participation of disabled people in political parties" to TDs and Senators to promote in political parties

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Malcolm Noonan', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'Marian Harkin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Pauline Tully', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Holly Cairns', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Micheál Carrigy', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Seán Ó Fearghaíl', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 2 more

Center for Independent Living

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Email to Senators debating Assisted Decision Making Capacity Amendment Bill to highlight concerns around lack of recognition of advanced care directives for people detaind under Mental Health Act 2001

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Senators', 'role': 'Email sent to inform of ILMI concerns on bill being debated.'}

Center for Independent Living

September–December

[Budgetary matters] Oireachtas Disability Group (ODG) pre budget 2023 submission

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Informal communication All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'An email was sent to all Oireachtas members on 13/09 including the following list\nof actions to take: Promote our submission and the need to support disabled people in\nthe Budget in the Dáil or Seanad and at Oireachtas Committees; Share this with your\nparty colleagues; Share our Pre-Budget submission and messages on social media\nusing our hashtag #KeepYourPromises; Analyse the Budget in relation to its impact on people with disabilities and those with mental health difficulties; Call for a clear, transparent Budget 2023 announcement that is accessible to disabled people. 1 mass mailout sent to all Oireachtas members on 13/09'}

Center for Independent Living

September–December

[Health] letter to Minister Donnelly in relation to proposed roll out of IVF and regional fetility hubs

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}

Center for Independent Living

January–April

[Education and Training] barriers faced by disabled students accessing postgraduate research studies and the potential negative impact the receipt of a stipend could have on a disabled student

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Carol Baxter', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science)'} {'name': 'Norma Foley', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Fergal Lynch', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Seán Ó Foghlú', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Education)'} + 4 more

Center for Independent Living

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Invitation to ILMI webinar "Everything you wanted to know about disability but were afraid to ask"

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Email invitation to attend webinar hosted on Zoom'} {'name': 'Email All Councillors', 'role': 'Email invitation to attend webinar hosted on Zoom'}

Center for Independent Living

January–April

[Justice and Equality] To work with local councillors to bring a motion to their local authority supporting the right of disabled people to have a right to personal assistance

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Breda Brennan', 'role': 'Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)'} {'name': 'Miriam Murphy', 'role': 'Councillor (Wicklow County Council)'} {'name': 'Imelda Goldsboro', 'role': 'Councillor (Tipperary County Council)'} {'name': 'Deirdre Cullen', 'role': 'Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)'}

Center for Independent Living

January–April

[Justice and Equality] ILMI submission on the Dying with Dignity bill sent to all members of Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice ( https://ilmi.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/ILMI-Submission-on-the-Dying-With-Dignity-Bill.pdf)

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Patrick Costello', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael Creed', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Pa Daly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Brendan Howlin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Martin Kenny', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 8 more

Center for Independent Living

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Invitation to Minister Anne Rabitte TD to launch our CEOL21 online music event (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2OT6WJm3IM)

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}

Center for Independent Living

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Invitation to Minister Anne Rabbitte to open ILMI webinar "everything to wanted to know about disability but were afraid to ask"

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}

Center for Independent Living

January–April

[Justice and Equality] ILMI is a member of the Oireachtas Disabilty Group (ODG) : Oireachtas Disability Group, ODG,

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': "2 post-meeting mass emails were sent to all Oireachtas Members on 13/01/21 & 10/03/21 thanking\nthose present for their participation and outlining to all the priority asks from the ODG's presentations:\n. Reinstatement of NPHET Vulnerable People sub-group & mechanism for disability to engage with\nHigh Risk sub-group\n. Better data on disability, especially people living in their own homes\n. Prioritisation of the vaccine for people with disabilities at high risk, family carers and all staff in\ndisability services\n. Expediated testing for disability service staff\n. Paying attention to priority issues like digital divide, school closures, etc.\n. Publication of the Capacity Review of Disability Services\n. Multi-annual funding for disability services\n. Addressing deficits in disability organisations\n. Addressing the high poverty of people with disabilities\n. Ensuring people with disabilities are not left behind in the COVID-19 recovery"} {'name': 'Meeting All Oireachtas Members', 'role': '2 virtual meetings were held on 12/01/21 & 05/03/21 with various\nOireachtas Members in attendance (all Oireachtas Members were\ninvited)'}

Center for Independent Living

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Meeting to discuss potential impact of Dying with Dignity Bill on disabled people

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Gino Kenny', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Center for Independent Living

January–April

[Local Government] Information about ILMI ONSIDE project to Sligo County Council Disability Committee

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Declan Bree', 'role': 'Councillor (Sligo County Council)'}

Center for Independent Living

May–August

[Local Government] Query on how ILMI could nominate a representative to Cork City PPN

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Ann Doherty', 'role': 'Chief Executive Officer (Cork City Council)'} {'name': 'Adrienne Rodgers', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Cork City Council)'}

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