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Who lobbies whom about what. Search Ireland's lobbying register to see who is influencing your TDs, ministers, and public officials — and on whose behalf.
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Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed
[Social Protection] Key General Election issues for people who are unemployed, distanced from the labour market, and people working on these issues, calling on all political parties and people standing in the forthcoming General Election to ensure adequate levels of income; improve welfare to work supports; provide quality training and education; enhance labour market programmes; accessible and decent jobs; supportive employment services; and inclusive technological change.
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Harry McGee
[Sports and Recreation] Ensure that Ranelagh Gaels, one of the fastest growing GAA clubs in Ireland, has adequate access to green areas to train and play games.
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The Union of Retail ,Bar and Administrative Workers
[Employment] Transposition of the EU Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages (AMW) - Respect At Work Campaign
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Down Syndrome Ireland
[Education and Training] Fidelma Brady and Nichola Aylward met with Minister Hildegarde Naughton to discuss special classes for children with Down syndrome and to discuss the provision of adequate numbers of mild and moderate special classes not just ASD units in primary and post primary schools.
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Clare Youth Service
[Children and Youth Affairs] Highlighting issues impacting on young people and seeking support for adequate and secure funding, provision of effective mental health services, equal pay for young people. improved public transport in rural areas, action on insurance costs for young drivers and the provision of safe and secure accommodation for young people.
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SIPTU - Services Industrial Professional Trade Union
[Employment] Meetings with Ministers Burke and Higgins - AMWD - Adequate Minimum Wage Directive
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Doras Luimní
[Children and Youth Affairs] Email regarding lack of adequate services & supports in emergency IPA accommodation
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Irish Congress of Trade Unions
[Employment] LEEF High Level Group and the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive
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The National Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities
[Social Protection] Emailed a number of DPOs to inform them of the issues facing the National Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities (NAS) and to ask for support with our call on Government to include a reference to committing to adequately resourcing NAS to ensure equal access to independent advocacy in the Programme for Government.
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County Carlow Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Tourism CLG
[Economic Development and Industry] Securing funding for large infrastructure programmes (such as the URDF funded Carlow Town Centre Development) is a complex and time-consuming process – as is drawing down this funding. We need to ensure that our Local Authority is adequately resourced to secure whatever additional funding may be available.
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St Patrick's Mental Health Services
[Health] CEO co-signed a letter sent to the Taoiseach in September by Mental Health Reform calling for the prioritisation of adequate funding for mental health services in the Budget.
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National Forum of Family Resource Centres CLG
[Budgetary matters] •Recognition of the Family Resource Centre programme as a distinct national programme within the wider C&V sector. •The Departmental policy oversight of the Family Resource Centre National Programme. •Scope for sustainability and development of the Programme. •Level of adequate and sustainable core funding.
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Irish Congress of Trade Unions
[Employment] Transposition of the recent EU Directive entitled the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive
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Irish Congress of Trade Unions
[Employment] Transposition of the Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages as well as on the report of the High-Level Group on Collective Bargaining
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Uplift
[Health] Uplift members sent emails to their TDs in Tipperary, Limerick and Clare telling them to resource hospitals in Mid-West adequately
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Codling Wind Park Limited
[Energy and Natural Resources] Information briefings regarding the Codling Wind Park project and matters related to the climate emergency and national energy policy as these relate to the development of offshore wind energy, Codling Wind Park's Fishers Fund and Charter, and the adequate resourcing of bodies including An Bord Pleanala and NPWS.
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Dublin Rape Crisis Centre
[Public Expenditure and Reform] Brief on matters of concern in particular on the issue of access to adequate, sustainable funding and supports for 'Section 56' agencies
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Amnesty International Ireland
[Justice and Equality] Joint open letter to Taoiseach re inadequate enforcement of EU GDPR by Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner of Irish-based tech companies complicit in spreading online anti-LGBTQ+ hate crime, hate speech and harassment
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Dublin Rape Crisis Centre
[Public Expenditure and Reform] Mention the need for the DSGBV sector to have access to adequate, sustainable funding and supports.
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Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed
[Social Protection] In July, the INOU participated in the Department of Social Protection’s Pre-Budget Forum, which took place in Farmleigh House, Phoenix Park, Dublin. The INOU’s Pre-Budget 2024 Submission was sent into DSP beforehand and it covered adequate income; supportive employment services; employment and programmes; education and training; and social inclusion.
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UL Student Life
[Education and Training] The UL Student President was invited to attend Funding The Future by Minister of Education Simon Harris a discussion concerning policy options regarding in the next Budget in the Alexander Hotel in May 25th 2023. At this event the Student President lobbyed on behalf of the student population at UL for the government to increase capitation per student, and to adequately fund demographic change on the University Campus
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L'Arche Ireland
[Finance] We, as an organisation, seek to highlight the need for assistance in meeting HIQA and governance requirements, without current adequate funding.
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Society of St. Vincent de Paul
[Social Protection] Disseminating findings of research on 'The cost of adequately heating the home'.
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Castleknock Community Centre Association Company Limited by Guarantee
[Employment] Meeting with An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar on 20th October 2023 at Castleknock Community Centre Laurel Lodge to discuss the struggle of community centres to retain quality staff due to an inadequate level of funding awarded to Social Enterprises (SE) through Pobal CSP. The meeting was to highlight the need for an increase in Pobal CSP funding to help alleviate the financial pressure put on SE. SE are mainly a low base generated income business who rely on Pobal Funding to continue the
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Limerick Youth Service
[Budgetary matters] Highlight that 1.6% increase in funding for youth services is wholly inadequate and requested issue be brought to Minister O Gorman and request increase for youth funding from DCEDIY should exceed the rate of inflation
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Ibec
[Employment] Adequate Minimum Wage Directive
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DFBA Community Enterprises CLG
[Development and Zoning] Following up on previous requests to public representatives to make representations to Irish Water to urge a change of attitude to the provision of adequate water supply in Dunhill, Co Waterford.
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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN)
[Agriculture] Press release put out on CAP Strategic Plan by SWAN in conjunction with the Environmental Pillar and retweet was made of IEN's tweet with the press release, specifically highlighting SWAN's ask for adequate measure's to cut agriculture pollution to Ireland's water bodies that show evidence they will meet good water status.
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Early Childhood Ireland
[Children and Youth Affairs] The benchmark set by Unicef, of 1% of GDP for state spending as a standard for adequate childcare provision.
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Starrus Eco Holdings, a subsidary of Beauparc Utiliites
[Development and Zoning] The need for zoning of lands for waste processing in order to ensure that there is adequate capacity for waste processing to meet the needs of a growing population.
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