Overwatch Report

Uplift

May–August

[Health] Campaign to get increased funding for Mental Healthcare supports and services in Ireland

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': '4347 individual members emailed their TDs.'} {'name': 'Social Media All TDs', 'role': 'Social media post directed at all TDs to ensure that there is increased funding allocated Budget 2025 to mental healthcare supports and services.'}

Uplift

May–August

[Environment] Campaign to get Ireland to reject the CETA trade agreement.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Patrick Costello', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Uplift

May–August

[Health] Campaign to get the government to legislate for a Healthcare Model for transgender people that is accessible and which makes change to informed consent similar to other progressive models already in use other EU states.

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Uplift

September–December

[Development and Zoning] Uplift members were asked to email their TDs emailed all TDs to ask them to vote against Planning Bill

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': '798 emails were sent in total to TDs all across Ireland'}

Uplift

September–December

[Energy and Natural Resources] Uplift members were asked to email their TDs emailed all TDs to ask them to support the LNG-Free planning amendment

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': 'In total 607 email were went to TDs.'}

Uplift

September–December

[Housing] Uplift members were asked to email their TDs to ask them to make empty homes the topic of the election and asking TDs to add their names to the Uplift Empty Homes Pledge.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': '1,067 emails were sent to TDs.'}

Uplift

September–December

[Health] Gino Kenny TD was asked to push for legislation be passed to legalise cannabis

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Uplift

September–December

[Foreign Affairs] Ministers were asked to enact the Occupied Territories Bill

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}

Uplift

September–December

[Taxation] Emails sent to TDs asking that the government spend the Apple Tax on building affordable homes.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': '300 emails were sent to TDs.'}

Uplift

September–December

[EU Affairs] Emails were sent to TDs asking them not to support Ireland joining the EU Mercosur trade deal

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': '1025 emails were sent to TDs.'}

Uplift

September–December

[Health] The Minister of Health was asked that legislation be passed so that social media companies would have to turn off the recommender systems on the algorithms by default.

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Uplift

September–December

[Health] TDs asked to push for increased funding for mental health in Budget 2025.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': '5095 emails were sent to TDs.'}

Uplift

September–December

[Foreign Affairs] All TDs and Senators were sent letters and emails saying legal action would be taken if the government do not stop all military trade with Israel, all dual-use trade with Israel and the use of Irish airspace for transporting weapons to the Israeli army.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': '250 emails were sent to TDs.'} {'name': 'Email All Senators', 'role': '250 emails were sent to Senators'} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Peter Burke', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Defence)'}

Uplift

January–April

[Health] Twitter mention regarding Free GP Care For All

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Uplift

January–April

[Health] Facebook mention regarding Free GP Care For All

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Uplift

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] Twitter mention regarding Coillte and potential sale of forests to investment funds

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Charlie McConalogue', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Uplift

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] Twitter mention regarding Coillte and potential sale of forests to investment funds

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Charlie McConalogue', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Uplift

January–April

[Housing] Called Darragh O'Brians office to request attendence at a Housing meeting in Fingal

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Uplift

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] Met with MEPs Grace O'Sullivan and Ciarán Cuffe to discuss the Energy Charter Treaty

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Grace O'Sullivan", 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

Uplift

January–April

[Banking and Financial Institutions] Requesting information via PQs

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Uplift

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] Met with Senators Mary-Alice Higgins and Lynn Boylan to discuss the Energy Charter Treaty

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Alice-Mary Higgins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Lynn Boylan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Uplift

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] Emailed Uplift's report on why Ireland should leave the Energy Charter Treaty to Senators Alice-Mary Higgins and Lynn Boylan

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Lynn Boylan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Alice-Mary Higgins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Uplift

January–April

[Energy and Natural Resources] Emailed Uplift's report on why Ireland should leave the Energy Charter Treaty to MEPs Grace O' Sullivan and Ciarán Cuffe

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Grace O'Sullivan", 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

Uplift

January–April

[Housing] Called Micheal Martins office to request attendence at a Housing meeting in Cork South Central

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Uplift

January–April

[Housing] Called Simon Coveney's office to request attendence at a Housing meeting in Cork South Central

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Uplift

January–April

[Housing] Called Michael McGrath's office to request attendence at a Housing meeting in Cork South Central

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Uplift

January–April

[Housing] Called Michael McGrath's office to request attendence at a Housing meeting in Cork South Central

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Uplift

January–April

[Housing] Emailed Micheal Martins office to request attendence at a Housing meeting in Cork South Central

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of the Taoiseach)'}

Uplift

January–April

[Housing] Emailed Simon Coveney's office to request attendence at a Housing meeting in Cork South Central

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Uplift

January–April

[Housing] Emailed Peter Burke to request attendance at housing meeting

Public Officials Lobbied

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

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