Overwatch Report

Center for Independent Living

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Requesting support across all parties for a motion in Dail Eireann on November 19th 2019 to support a right to personal assistance for disabled people in Ireland

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''} {'name': 'Email All Councillors', 'role': ''}

Center for Independent Living

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Requesting that councillors bring forward a motion at Local Authority level to support a right to Personal Assistance based on the Motion carried by the Dail on 19th November to raise awareness of the issue of Personal Assistance at a local level and build cross party support for Disabled People's rights

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Colette Connolly', 'role': 'Councillor (Galway City Council)'} {'name': 'Frank Fahy', 'role': 'Councillor (Galway City Council)'} {'name': 'Mike Cubbard', 'role': 'Councillor (Galway City Council)'} {'name': "Terry O'Flaherty", 'role': 'Councillor (Galway City Council)'} {'name': 'Donal Lyons', 'role': 'Councillor (Galway City Council)'} {'name': 'Declan McDonnell', 'role': 'Councillor (Galway City Council)'} + 22 more

Center for Independent Living

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Chair of ILMI contacting TDs in advance of the Motion debating a right to Personal Assistance

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Maureen O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Tommy Broughan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Finian McGrath', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Justice and Equality)'} {'name': 'Thomas Pringle', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Center for Independent Living

January–April

[Transport] PQ to find the Status of the mobility grant for disabled people

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Center for Independent Living

May–August

[Transport] Rural Transport Scheme

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Robert Troy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Shane Ross', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)'} {'name': 'Finian McGrath', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Graham Doyle', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)'}

Center for Independent Living

May–August

[Transport] Accessible Transport for Disabled People

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Robert Troy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Shane Ross', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)'} {'name': 'Finian McGrath', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Graham Doyle', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)'} {'name': 'Jim Breslin', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Health)'}

Center for Independent Living

May–August

[Housing] National housing strategy for disabled people 2011-2016

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Center for Independent Living

May–August

[Housing] Pre Budget Submission to Minister for Housing

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Center for Independent Living

May–August

[Health] Personal Assistance Service

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Center for Independent Living

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Pre Budget Submission to Minister for Justice

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)'}

Center for Independent Living

May–August

[Social Protection] CIL Pre Budget Submission to Minister for Social Protection Regina Doherty TD on disability issues including cost of disability

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Center for Independent Living

September–December

[Health] Independent Living Movement Ireland (ILMI) Personal Assistance Service Campaign., working towards: A universal accepted definition of the Personal Assistance Service, which places disabled people centre of any service provided and is directed by us to meet our needs to live independent lives. The PAS campaign is about ensuring the PAS needs to be separated from Home Help and Home Care with its own ring-fenced budget lobbying to introduce legislation to guarantee us the right to a Person

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Finian McGrath', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Martin Conway', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': "Margaret Murphy O'Mahony", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Colette Kelleher', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Seán Sherlock', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 2 more

Center for Independent Living

September–December

[Taxation] With regard to the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations 1994 (SI 353/1994) as amended. Will he increase the threshold for remission of vehicle registration tax (VRT) to take account of the 1% surcharge that will be levied on all new diesel cars, as announced in budget 2019.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Robert Troy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Center for Independent Living

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016. January 30th

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John Dolan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Catherine Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Clare Daly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Gino Kenny', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'TD (The Houses of the Oireachtas Service)'} {'name': 'Róisín Shortall', 'role': 'TD (The Houses of the Oireachtas Service)'}

Center for Independent Living

May–August

[Social Protection] The 2018 Budget

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Center for Independent Living

September–December

[Health] CIL Made a submission to the Task Force on Personalised Budgets

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Finian McGrath', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}

Center for Independent Living

September–December

[Housing] Giving copies of our Housing Report and our Personal Assistance Report to Goverment officals

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Enda Kenny', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Finian McGrath', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}

Center for Independent Living

September–December

[Budgetary matters] Joint Budget Statement made in conjunction with DFI and seven other Disability Organisations.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Gerard Craughwell', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Ruth Coppinger', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Martin Conway', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Catherine Ardagh', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'John Lahart', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "John O'Mahony", 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} + 9 more

Center for Independent Living

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Meeting with an Taoiseach and Minister Lynch to lobby on the following: Personal Assistance Services Bill, Enactmentment of Assisted Decision Making Bill, Ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Direct payments for persons with disabilities

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Enda Kenny', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Kathleen Lynch', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}

Lobbying Tracker

Most Lobbied TDs