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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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Nursing Homes Ireland
May–August
[Health] Inflationary Pressures- NHI made several representations to government outlining the urgent crisis in the nursing home sector caused by the current cost environment and the need for the state to resource the sector with a funding mechanism.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Colm Burke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
September–December
[Health] NHI wrote to Minister Butler outlining our great concern at the crisis presenting in the nursing home sector with 16 nursing homes closing as at 19th October the date of the letter. Four weeks ago, €110 million was announced as part of Budget 2023 as additional support in 2022, given the energy and inflationary pressures presenting for nursing home care and other healthcare providers. It is bitterly disappointing, within the added context of discussions regarding support for nursing hom
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
September–December
[Health] NHI emailed Minister Bulter requesting an urgent pre budget meeting to the unprecedented challenges in the nursing home sector. A number of nursing homes have been forced to close recently, further closures have been announced, there will be more to come unless action is taken by the Minister now. There is a real and immediate threat to the sustainability of the entire sector.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
September–December
[Health] Letter to An Taoiseach in relation to the energy costs and nursing home care. NHI raised that It is of great concern to NHI that engagement with regard to implementation of a mechanism to support nursing home resident care is not in effect, despite our constructive engagement.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
September–December
[Health] NHI wrote a letter to Minister Donnelly and Minister Butler informing them that NHI had lodged a formal State aid complaint with the European Commission on behalf of our members. The State aid complaint relates to the State's operation and administration of the Nursing Home Support Scheme (the Fair Deal Scheme) and the more favourable funding arrangements for public nursing homes, as well as the cross subsidisation of public nursing homes from other parts of the public health service.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
September–December
[Health] NHI wrote to Minister Butler in relation to the proposed Temporary Inflation Payment Scheme for nursing home resident car. We are reverted to inform of bitter disappointment and incredulity with proposed TIPS. For nursing home providers, it is completely removed from facilitating realistic reimbursement of care costs presenting for nursing home care. Simply put, the scheme, as presented, is completely ill fit for purpose and derisory
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
September–December
[Health] To inform the Minister that she made inaccurate comments regarding the dependency of nursing home residents. On RTE Radio One, Drivetime, 8th November 2022, the Minister stated the type of care provided in HSE nursing homes is different to that provided by private and voluntary nursing homes, elaborating: “You have the most complex and vulnerable cases that we would see in HSE nursing homes”. She further stated: “The cases there [HSE nursing homes] are way more complex”.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
September–December
[Health] NHI had a meeting with Siobhan McArdle and Fiona Larthwell and highlighted to them the extent of the crisis in nursing home care. The staffing and funding crisis were discussed and the low NTPF Fair Deal increases that are being offered which are nowhere near inline with the rate of inflation.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Siobhán McArdle', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Health)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
September–December
[Health] A follow up letter to Siobhan McArdle post the meeting on the 29th November. Thanked the officials for the meeting and While there has been positive engagement, we are extremely concerned at the fact that the Temporary Inflation Payment Scheme is gravely insufficient in the current climate and, as discussed, the very grave consequences of failure to address the funding crisis.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Siobhán McArdle', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Health)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
September–December
[Health] NHI issued a letter to Minister Butler in relation to comments she made at a Dáil debate on the 14th December in which the Minister again referred to their being higher dependency levels in residents in public nursing homes. NHI wrote to state that this statement is untrue. Minister referred to a visit to Cherry Orchard hospital and referred to OT, Physio, consultant services and NHI wanted to put on the record that these services are not included under the Fair deal and being paid for
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
September–December
[Health] NHI and members contacted several TD's to highlight the save our nursing homes campaign.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Colm Burke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Joe Flaherty', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Marian Harkin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
September–December
[Health] Invited Minister Donnelly and Minister Butler to invitation to provide keynote address at our Annual Conference taking place on the 10th November
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
September–December
[Health] To inform the Deputies of the delays in the Pandemic Special Recognition Payment to nursing home staff in private and voluntary nursing homes and it now 11 months since the announcement and NHI have previously communicated with the HSE and the Department to outline our outrage with the manner in which this process has been managed from the start and we intend to now issue further communication to them to outline our frustration at this further delay.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Duncan Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Marian Harkin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
September–December
[Health] Met virtually with Deputy Smith to brief the Labour health spokesperson on the crisis in the nursing home sector and also outlined to him the crisis in staffing due to private and voluntary nursing homes being unbale to match the wage rates of the HSE.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Duncan Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
September–December
[Health] Met with Deputy Cullinane in September to discuss the crisis in the sector and NHI outlined a survey that we carried out in which 69% of nursing homes with 40 beds or less said they faced the prospect of closure due to financial pressures.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
September–December
[Health] Met with Corona to discuss Nursing Homes Ireland Budget 2023 Submission and outline how the crisis in nursing home care will only worsen if the government fail to act or do not address the fair deal.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Corona Joyce', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Health)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
September–December
[Health] Brief the deputy on the crisis in the nursing home sector and how the funding of the sector needs to be addressed or more nursing homes will close.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Michael Fitzmaurice', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
September–December
[Health] Inflationary Pressures- Met with Deputy Shortall outlining the urgent crisis in the nursing home sector caused by the current cost environment and the need for the state to resource the sector with a fit for purpose funding mechanism.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Róisín Shorthall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
September–December
[Health] Representation to brief regarding the utilisation of the Nursing Home Support Scheme (Fair Deal) budget, informing regarding the disparity in spend between HSE and private / voluntary nursing homes and to brief regarding underspend within the budget.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
January–April
[Health] Letter to Minister for Health re Nursing Home Support Scheme (NHSS) review, Value for Money review, and the Comptroller & Auditor General (C & AG) review of Nursing Home Support Scheme
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
January–April
[Health] Engagement regarding the Review of the Pricing System for Long Term Residential Care Facilities for Fair Deal Scheme. The review of the pricing mechanism, integral to how the scheme operates, is four years delayed. While it is delayed, smaller nursing homes are being forced to close their doors and nursing homes operate under a funding model not fit for purpose
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
January–April
[Health] Maintain funding of the Temporary Assistance Payment Scheme (TAPS) for nursing homes beyond June 2021. Covid19 continues to pose a live threat to residents of nursing home care and heightened IPC measures must remain, as per Covid19 Expert Panel recommendations, to ensure continued vigilance against the virus
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
January–April
[Health] Amendment to outbreak thresholds under TAPS (Temporary Assistance Payment Scheme) to encompass reality of costs incurred to manage such
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Kathleen MacLellan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Health)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
January–April
[Health] Deployment of rapid Antigen Detection Tests (ADTs) to support facilitating visitation in nursing homes to protecting residents from the virus. Deployment can be part of the suite of measures implemented by nursing homes to continue to protect residents from Covid19 and to facilitate safe visiting
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Kathleen MacLellan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Health)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
January–April
[Banking and Financial Institutions] Requesting amendment of the Judicial Personal Injuries Guidelines for Insurance Reform. NHI are Members of the Alliance for Insurance Reform and support its objectives to address the considerable issues arising for SME due to excessive insurance premiums
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} + 4 more
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Nursing Homes Ireland
January–April
[Health] Representation to An Taoiseach inform of the very serious issues arising within the private and voluntary nursing home sector due to loss of Healthcare Assistants to the HSE arising from the gross inequality in funding supports for the provision of nursing home care
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
January–April
[Health] Representation to the Minister for Health regarding status regarding considered introduction of mandatory vaccination of staff in nursing homes and healthcare settings to protect against Covid19
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Kathleen MacLellan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Health)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
January–April
[Health] Representation regarding what cost analysis has been undertaken and resources allocated for implementation of the Covid19 Nursing Homes Expert Panel recommendations. The recommendations are critical to support nursing home care and are derived from analysis in the context of Covid19
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
January–April
[Health] Presentation of NHI's submission of the Atypical Working Scheme to advocate on behalf of members articulating workforce challenges and recruitment obstacles presenting in our sector
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Pearse Doherty', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Colm Burke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
January–April
[Health] To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure incurred for HSE nursing homes in the management of Covid19 to date; the geographical distribution of the funding; the number of HSE nursing homes that have received funding. NHI is seeking detail regarding such information that has not been publicly disclosed
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Peadar Tóibín', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Colm Burke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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