Overwatch Report

Early Childhood Ireland

January–April

[Children and Youth Affairs] Variety of issues impacting on children who attend early years and school-age care settings

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Kevin McCarthy', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}

Early Childhood Ireland

January–April

[Children and Youth Affairs] The Joint Labour Committee process for the ELC and SAC sector

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Peter Fitzpatrick', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Early Childhood Ireland

January–April

[Children and Youth Affairs] The impact of Covid-19 on ELC/SAC settings

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Anne Marie Brooks', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}

Early Childhood Ireland

January–April

[Children and Youth Affairs] Provision of high-quality early years and school-age care for children

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mairéad Farrell', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Neale Richmond', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Brendan Griffin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Patrick Costello', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Holly Cairns', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 5 more

Early Childhood Ireland

January–April

[Children and Youth Affairs] The proposed new Core Funding arrangements for ELC/SAC settings

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': "Our April 2022 'Advocacy in Action' was sent to all Oireachtas members and included our analysis of the Core Funding contract."} {'name': 'Anne Marie Brooks', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Tom Sheppard', 'role': 'Adviser to Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Neale Richmond', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Aengus Ó Snodaigh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael Healy-Rae', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 18 more

Early Childhood Ireland

January–April

[Children and Youth Affairs] Data collection within the ELC/SAC sector

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Brendan Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Early Childhood Ireland

January–April

[Children and Youth Affairs] Insufficient ELC/SAC places for children

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paul McAuliffe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Early Childhood Ireland

January–April

[Budgetary matters] The ELC/SAC system

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Bernie McNally', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Education and Skills)'}

Early Childhood Ireland

May–August

[Children and Youth Affairs] Core Funding proposals for ELC/SAC settings

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Dara Calleary', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Holly Cairns', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Alan Farrell', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Brendan Griffin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Lisa Chambers', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 12 more

Early Childhood Ireland

May–August

[Children and Youth Affairs] Minister for Children's statement to the Seanad on 'Childcare'

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Gerard Craughwell', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Erin McGreehan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Lisa Chambers', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Mary Seery Kearney', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Early Childhood Ireland

May–August

[Children and Youth Affairs] The inadequacy of provision for the under 3 cohort of children and the closure of baby rooms in the ELC sector

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paul McAuliffe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Early Childhood Ireland

May–August

[Children and Youth Affairs] The benchmark set by Unicef, of 1% of GDP for state spending as a standard for adequate childcare provision.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Colm Burke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Early Childhood Ireland

May–August

[Children and Youth Affairs] Budget 2023

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Three mass emails were sent on dates in July and August'} {'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Transport)'} {'name': 'Kathleen Funchion', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 8 more

Early Childhood Ireland

May–August

[Children and Youth Affairs] Highlighting the importance of a single, dedicated Early Years and School Age Childcare Agency

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Pa Daly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Early Childhood Ireland

May–August

[Children and Youth Affairs] The recommendations of the Citizen's Assembly on Care

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Sorca Clarke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Neasa Hourigan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paul McAuliffe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 7 more

Early Childhood Ireland

May–August

[Children and Youth Affairs] Delivery of sufficient places for children and babies in Ireland and the importance of research into this area

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'David Stanton', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Early Childhood Ireland

May–August

[Children and Youth Affairs] Provision of high-quality early years and school-age care for children

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Kevin McCarthy', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Anne Marie Brooks', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}

Early Childhood Ireland

September–December

[Children and Youth Affairs] Budget 2023

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''} {'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 6 more

Early Childhood Ireland

September–December

[Children and Youth Affairs] Core Funding Implementation

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Anne Marie Brooks', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}

Early Childhood Ireland

September–December

[Children and Youth Affairs] Inspections of Early Years and School Age Care settings

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Kevin McCarthy', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Harold Hislop', 'role': 'Chief Inspector (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Anne Marie Brooks', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Bernie McNally', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Education)'}

Early Childhood Ireland

September–December

[Children and Youth Affairs] The Access and Inclusion Model

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Anne Marie Brooks', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}

Early Childhood Ireland

September–December

[Children and Youth Affairs] Employment Regulation Order for staff in early years and school age care settings

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Early Childhood Ireland

September–December

[Children and Youth Affairs] Reported delays in PPS number for early years and school age care staff

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Anne Marie Brooks', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}

Early Childhood Ireland

January–April

[Children and Youth Affairs] The impact of Covid-19 on early years and school-age care settings

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Anne-Marie Brooks', 'role': 'Acting Assistant Secretary (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}

Early Childhood Ireland

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Garda Vetting for the childcare sector

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Patrick Costello', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)'}

Early Childhood Ireland

January–April

[Children and Youth Affairs] The bespoke Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) for the childcare sector

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mary Lou McDonald', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Kathleen Funchion', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Whitmore', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 26 more

Early Childhood Ireland

January–April

[Children and Youth Affairs] Our Annual Childcare Barometer 2021

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Patrick Costello', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Cathal Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Alan Dillon', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Kathleen Funchion', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Jennifer Murnane O'Connor", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Paul Phelan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 11 more

Early Childhood Ireland

January–April

[Children and Youth Affairs] The establishment of 'Childcare Ireland'

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Neasa Hourigan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Early Childhood Ireland

January–April

[Children and Youth Affairs] Establishment of a Joint Labour Committee (JLC) on terms & conditions for staff in the childcare sector

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Alan Farrell', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Early Childhood Ireland

January–April

[Children and Youth Affairs] Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures (BOBF): The National Policy Framework for Children and Young People

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Bernie McNally', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}

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