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Down Syndrome Ireland
September–December
[Education and Training] Simon Harris was lobbied for resources to support the national roll out of the Latch On Programme throughout the ETB network.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science)'}
Down Syndrome Ireland
September–December
[Education and Training] Request to ascertain if there is funding in place for Kildare Branch of Down Syndrome Ireland's Adult Programs
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': "Fiona O'Loughlin", 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
Down Syndrome Ireland
January–April
[Education and Training] Lobbying the Department of Education for additional education supports / return to school for children with special educational needs, in special schools, classes and mainstream during lockdown.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Norma Foley', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Josepha Madigan', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Martina Mannion', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)'}
Down Syndrome Ireland
January–April
[Education and Training] Lobbying for additional education supports / return to school for children with special educational needs, in special schools, classes and mainstream during lockdown.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Mary Lou McDonald', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
Down Syndrome Ireland
January–April
[Children and Youth Affairs] Lacks of supports for children with DS transitioning to primary school due to lockdown, Issues around the rollout of Progressing Disabilities on parents of children with Down syndrome, rollout of Sea and Learn programme through AIM, health needs of people with Down syndrome was also a key aspect of our discussions.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}
FleishmanHillard, Ireland
on behalf of Yes (client not named)
September–December
[Education and Training] Marking Down Syndrome Ireland's 50th Anniversary
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paul Clarkson', 'role': 'Government Press Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Matthew Lynch', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
Down Syndrome Ireland
September–December
[Education and Training] Marking Down Syndrome Ireland's 50th Anniversary
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paul Clarkson', 'role': 'Government Press Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'}
Down Syndrome Ireland
September–December
[Education and Training] Submission of request to interview An Tánaiste and co-ordination of logistics for interview.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Matthew Lynch', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
Down Syndrome Ireland
January–April
[Health] Down Syndrome Ireland outlines concerns on Department of Health COVID-19 guidance
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': 'DSI calling for the Ethical Considerations Relating to Critical Care in the context of COVID-19’ to be updated and to explicitly state that perceived frailty or underlying health conditions may not predict response to treatment in groups where the condition is a stable long term physical or intellectual disability and also that children and adults with disabilities, who by definition have underlying health conditions and may be perceived by others as frail, have a right to equality of access to health care.'}
Down Syndrome Ireland
January–April
[Health] DSI calling for the Ethical Considerations Relating to Critical Care in the context of COVID-19’ to be updated
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Tony Holohan', 'role': 'Chief Medical Officer (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Catherine Byrne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Jim Daly', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Finian McGrath', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}
Down Syndrome Ireland
May–August
[Health] DSI co-signs open letter to Taoiseach outlining concerns about Covid 19 in disability residential settings
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'}
Down Syndrome Ireland
January–April
[Health] We requested confirmation from Minister for Health Simon Harris and HSE Chief Clinical Officer that the particular needs of people with Down syndrome be taken into consideration when getting people for testing.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}
Down Syndrome Ireland
May–August
[Education and Training] Campaign for all children with Down syndrome to access July Provision for summer 2020.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Joe McHugh', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'}
Down Syndrome Ireland
January–April
[Health] Down Syndrome Ireland's General Election Manifesto called for improved access to vital early intervention services for young children with Down syndome. Down Syndrome Ireland's General Election Manifesto called for improved access to health care.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Submission All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Down Syndrome Ireland General Election Manifesto'}
Down Syndrome Ireland
January–April
[Education and Training] Down Syndrome Ireland's General Election Manifesto called for delivery of equality in education. Many students with Down syndrome face soft barriers to receiving the educational supports they need to thrive in school, such as access to Individualised Education Plans and the extended school year ‘July Provision’ scheme.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Submission All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Down Syndrome Ireland General Election Manifesto'}
Down Syndrome Ireland
January–April
[Health] Down Syndrome Ireland's General Election Manifesto called for the Assisted Decision-Making (capacity) Act 2015 to be fully enacted
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Down Syndrome Ireland General Election Manifesto'}
Down Syndrome Ireland
September–December
[Children and Youth Affairs] Initial meeting to new Ministers + Lobbying for increased resources to improve the lives of children and adults with Down syndrome and their families across Ireland.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}
Down Syndrome Ireland
September–December
[Education and Training] Discussing DSI’s adult education and training courses (Ability) and looking to have them included in State education programmes.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science)'}
Down Syndrome Ireland
September–December
[Health] St John of God Community Services notice of termination of their Service Arrangement with the HSE
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}
Down Syndrome Ireland
September–December
[Health] Highlighting the lack of access to vital therapies for children and adults with Down syndrome due to the redeployment of vital therapists into roles such as Covid testing and contact tracing
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}
Down Syndrome Ireland
January–April
[Health] Provision of Personalised Budgets for Down Syndrome Ireland members
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Finian McGrath', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'John Brassil', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Brendan Griffin', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)'}
Down Syndrome Ireland
January–April
[Education and Training] Provision of vital education resources for children with Down syndrome - July Provision and Individual Education Plans at Post Primary Level
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
Down Syndrome Ireland
January–April
[Education and Training] Please Don't Leave us Behind Education campaign. The campaign is two fold - DSI is calling on the Government to adequately resource and roll out a national training programme for teachers in mainstream schools and calling for July Provision for all children with Down syndrome in mainstream education settings.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': "Down Syndrome Ireland, parents and children with Down syndrome spoke at a briefing in Leinster House in front of TDs and Senators hosted by Fianna Fail TD Niamh Smyth and Spokesperson on Disability Margaret Murphy O’Mahony asking ‘Please don’t leave us behind’ in Down Syndrome Ireland's campaign to ensure full inclusion in our nation’s classrooms.\nThe call came after Teachers’ Unions the ASTI and TUI advised their members to stop implementing individualised education plans for students with additional needs, such as those with Down syndrome, due to a lack of funding and adequate training provided to their members. \nDSI is also calling for the July Provision programme, which provides funding to extend the school year for children with certain special needs, to be extended to all children with Down syndrome. DSI estimates that extending the programme to all children with Down syndrome would cost just €1m a year."} {'name': 'Aindrias Moynihan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Bobby Aylward', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Catherine Connolly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 33 more
Down Syndrome Ireland
January–April
[Education and Training] The reinstatement of Individual Education Plans for children with Down syndrome and July Provision secured for children with Down syndrome.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Kathleen Funchion', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Catherine Martin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Tony McLoughlin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Hildegarde Naughton', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': "Fiona O'Loughlin", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 2 more
Down Syndrome Ireland
January–April
[Employment] Outlining our Ability Programme, which aims to provide adults with Down syndrome access to meaningful employment opportunities, and provide insights on the constraints inhibiting access to the successful transition to work for people with Down syndrome.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'John Dolan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
Down Syndrome Ireland
January–April
[Education and Training] Provision of vital education resources for children with Down syndrome - July Provision and Individual Education Plans at Post Primary Level
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Kathleen Funchion', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paul Gavan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
Down Syndrome Ireland
May–August
[Children and Youth Affairs] Lobbying for the inclusion of a programme which promotes language development in children with Down syndrome to be included in the Department of Children and Youth Affairs’ Access and Inclusion Model (AIM)
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'John Dolan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Catherine Connolly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Dara Calleary', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Damien English', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'} {'name': 'Dessie Ellis', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 28 more
Down Syndrome Ireland
May–August
[Education and Training] We met with the Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh and Department officials to discuss the education needs for children with Down syndrome, including access to July Provision and for Individual Education Plans to be enshrined in law. This meeting forms part of our Please Don't Leave Us Behind Education campaign
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Joe McHugh', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'}
Down Syndrome Ireland
May–August
[Health] Down Syndrome Ireland met with the Minister for Disabilities Finian McGrath TD last week to discuss areas that need to be addressed across the lifespan for people with Down syndrome, including Personalised Budgets, healthcare waiting lists, waiting lists for vital therapies such as SLT and OT, education needs, respite care and the needs of people with Down syndrome as they age.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Finian McGrath', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)'}
Down Syndrome Ireland
May–August
[Children and Youth Affairs] Correspondence seeking meeting with Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Katherine Zappone, TD to discuss Speech & Language Therapy & Early Intervention Strategies for children with Down syndrome
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Katherine Zappone', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'}
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