Overwatch Report

ALONE

May–August

[Housing] Met with Joan Collins (TD) at her request to discuss progress in development of Jamestown Court.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Joan Collins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

ALONE

May–August

[Housing] Requested assistance with housing issue for older tenant

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed

September–December

[Budgetary matters] The INOU urged the Government to ensure that Budget 2018 played its part in securing a better future for people who are unemployed; who are living with a disability; who are parenting alone; who are living in communities that rarely experience economic growth; communities that are living on the margins of Irish society; people who are facing discrimination because, for example, of their age, their ethnicity.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'INOU called on the Government to set social welfare rates at a level that will lift people out of poverty, and as part of that, to move closer to reinstating welfare payments to the 2009 levels; end age segregation to Jobseekers Allowance stareted in 2009; resource the provision of good career and employment guidance to support unemployed people to make informed choices; properly resource community based organisations to develop their work with people experiencing social exclusion and people who are distant from the labour market.'}

Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed

September–December

[Budgetary matters] The INOU urged the Government to ensure that Budget 2018 played its part in securing a better future for people who are unemployed; who are living with a disability; who are parenting alone; who are living in communities that rarely experience economic growth; communities that are living on the margins of Irish society; people who are facing discrimination because, for example, of their age, their ethnicity.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Joe McHugh', 'role': 'Government Chief Whip and Minister (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Paul Kehoe', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Defence)'} {'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister of State for the Diaspora and Overseas Development Aid (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)'} {'name': 'David Stanton', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Justice and Equality)'} + 29 more

ALONE

September–December

[Housing] Ahead of Emergency Housing Summit on Sept 7, 2017, a letter from ALONE CEO was sent via email to the Chief Executive of each county council.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Tim Lucey', 'role': 'CEO (Cork County Council)'} {'name': 'Ann Doherty', 'role': 'Chief Executive Officer (Cork City Council)'} {'name': 'Tommy Ryan', 'role': 'CEO (Cavan County Council)'} {'name': 'Tommy Ryan', 'role': 'CEO (Roscommon County Council)'} {'name': 'Pat Dowling', 'role': 'Deputy Chief Executive (Limerick City and County Council)'} {'name': 'Pat Dowling', 'role': 'CEO (Clare County Council)'} + 8 more

ALONE

September–December

[Community] Met with Minister Kyne. Present at meeting: Seán Moynihan (CEO), Anne Murphy (Senior Manager), Sophie Ainscough (Project Manager), Deidre Mortell (CEO, SIFI). Spoke to Minister about intermediary role of ALONE (in particular technology) and ALONE strategic vision.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Seán Kyne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Rural and Community Development)'} {'name': 'Seán Kyne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

ALONE

September–December

[Social Protection] Met the Minister to discuss the right to home care.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jim Daly', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Jim Daly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

ALONE

January–April

[Housing] Election Manifesto

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Letter to all candidates to asking them to ensure they will implement policies to ensure older people can age at home with dignity including\n•\tThe Development of alternative models of housing for older people'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Mairead McGuinness', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)'} {'name': 'Paudie Coffey', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Environment, Community and Local Government)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

ALONE

January–April

[Health] Election Manifesto

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Letter to all candidates to asking them to ensure they will implement policies to ensure older people can age at home with dignity including\n•\tGreater investment in community supports and development of quality infrastructure to support older persons to age at home \n•\tThe Appointment of a Minister for our Ageing demographic'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paudie Coffey', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Environment, Community and Local Government)'} {'name': 'Mairead McGuinness', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}

ALONE

January–April

[Health] To provide information on ALONE's Support Coordination service

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Patricia Ryan', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Health)'}

ALONE

January–April

[Social Protection] Election Manifesto

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Letter to all candidates to asking them to ensure they will implement policies to ensure older people can age at home with dignity including\n•\tSecurer pensions for older people'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paudie Coffey', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Environment, Community and Local Government)'} {'name': 'Mairead McGuinness', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}

Danielle Maloney

May–August

[Development and Zoning] Contact made in relation to a re-zoning submission in the Galway city draft plan.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Billy Cameron', 'role': 'Councillor (Galway City Council)'} {'name': 'Padraig Conneely', 'role': 'Councillor (Galway City Council)'} {'name': 'Ollie Crowe', 'role': 'Councillor (Galway City Council)'} {'name': 'Michael John Crowe', 'role': 'Councillor (Galway City Council)'} {'name': 'Mike Cubbard', 'role': 'Councillor (Galway City Council)'} {'name': 'Frank Fahy', 'role': 'Councillor (Galway City Council)'} + 12 more

Brendan Maloney

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

May–August

[Development and Zoning] SallinsLocal Area Plan 2015 -2021

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Letter All Councillors', 'role': 'a letter was sent to the 9 Councillors listed below asking that they give consideration the zoning of certain lands which had had its class from "Office and light Industrial" to "Town Park" which client believed contravened certain commitments given by the Local authority'} {'name': 'Anne Breen', 'role': 'Councillor (Kildare County Council)'} {'name': 'Billy Hillis', 'role': 'Councillor (Kildare County Council)'} {'name': 'James Lawless', 'role': 'Councillor (Kildare County Council)'} {'name': 'Seamie Moore', 'role': 'Councillor (Kildare County Council)'} {'name': "Sorcha O'Neill", 'role': 'Councillor (Kildare County Council)'} + 4 more

ALONE

May–August

[Housing] Presentation to Tipperary County Council members to inform them on the work that ALONE does and introduce to them models of housing with supports

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Siobhan Ambrose', 'role': 'Councillor (Tipperary County Council)'} {'name': 'Fiona Bonfield', 'role': 'Councillor (Tipperary County Council)'} {'name': 'Martin Browne', 'role': 'Councillor (Tipperary County Council)'} {'name': 'Jackie Cahill', 'role': 'Councillor (Tipperary County Council)'} {'name': 'Phyll Bugler', 'role': 'Councillor (Tipperary County Council)'} {'name': 'Catherine Carey', 'role': 'Councillor (Tipperary County Council)'} + 45 more

ALONE

May–August

[Budgetary matters] Meeting to discuss ALONE's budget priorities - including increase in home care for older people

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

ALONE

May–August

[Budgetary matters] Meeting to discuss ALONE's budget priorities to support older people to age at home - including increase in home help hours for older people

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Emmet Stagg', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

ALONE

May–August

[Budgetary matters] Meeting to discuss ALONE's budget priorities to support older people to age at home - including increase in home help hours for older people

Public Officials Lobbied

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

ALONE

May–August

[Budgetary matters] Meeting to discuss ALONE's budget priorities to support older people to age at home - including increase in home help hours for older people

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

ALONE

May–August

[Budgetary matters] Lobbied for the rights of older people in the health budget - increase in home help hours, regulation of home help workers, abolition of prescription charges, roll out of comprehensive primary care network

Public Officials Lobbied

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

ALONE

May–August

[Budgetary matters] Increase funding for older people in Budget 2017

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'}

Midlands Simon Community

September–December

[Housing] The gap between state funding and the actual cost of operating the Midlands Simon Community’s emergency service is €25 per bed per night which means at 12 beds we need to raise for this service alone €109,500. Also, based on Midlands Simon Community`s results from the Housing First Pilot, this project needes to be extended for a further 18 months.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Peter Burke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Gabrielle McFadden', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Willie Penrose', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Kevin "Boxer" Moran', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Brian Stanley', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 5 more

Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed

September–December

[Budgetary matters] The INOU urged the Government to ensure that Budget 2017 played its part in securing a better future for people who are unemployed; who are living with a disability; who are parenting alone; who are living in communities that rarely experience economic growth; communities that are living on the margins of Irish society; people who are facing discrimination because, for example, of their age, their ethnicity.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Submission All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'INOU called on the Government to start restoring social welfare rates to 2009 levels; end age segregation to Jobseekers Allowance; fully restore the Christmas bonus; increase duration on Jobseekers Benefit by 3 months; scale up significantly social housing provision; increase the top-up payment on employment programmes; increase income limit on which people start to pay PRSI; facilitate access to employment programmes for people in receipt of no payment and ex-offenders; support frontline staff to deliver a person-centred service; promote the ‘fast-track system’ and ‘payment pending wages’ supports; incorporate a strong equality and social inclusion focus; move to National Minimum Wage of €10.50ph; extend duration on Back to Work Enterprise Allowance; improve local E&T access; increase supports to cover participation costs; improve access to guidance counselling; properly support CVS organisations addressing socio-economic exclusion; resource good quality community based learning.'} {'name': 'Catherine Ardagh', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Frances Black', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Victor Boyhan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Colm Burke', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} + 212 more

ALONE

September–December

[Housing] meeting to discuss issues facing oler people living at home and relevant supports required

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Damien English', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'}

ALONE

September–December

[Health] Briefing minister of issues facing older people

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

ALONE

September–December

[Local Government] Brief on ALONE serives and how they may be applicable to Limerick

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Conn Murray', 'role': 'Chief Executive Officer (Limerick City and County Council)'}

ALONE

September–December

[Health] Breifing Minister on the issues facing older people and the age sector

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}

ALONE

September–December

[Housing] Assign a portion of all social housing units to older people, as per demographic projections in each area.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Councillors', 'role': 'Email sent to all councillors'} {'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': "Email sent to all TD's"}

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