Overwatch Report

Inclusion Ireland

May–August

[Health] Covid deaths in disability services

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Peadar Tóibín', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Inclusion Ireland

September–December

[Housing] Launch of Inclusion Ireland ILMI Housing campaign invitation and report

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Barry Lynch', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Meath County Council)'} {'name': 'Catherine Keenan', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)'}

Inclusion Ireland

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Inviting Anne Rabbitte to speak at Inclusion Ireland subcommittee event

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}

Inclusion Ireland

September–December

[Justice and Equality] meeting with Anne Rabbitte, Derval McDonagh to speak about the rights of people with intellectual disabilities

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}

Inclusion Ireland

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Request for introductory meeting with Derval Mc Donagh to further work on rights of people with intellectual disability

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Holly Cairns', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Josepha Madigan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} + 5 more

Inclusion Ireland

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Letter regarding consultation on the Disability Action Plan of Capacity Review

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}

Inclusion Ireland

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Email Calling for Safeguarding Legislation

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}

Inclusion Ireland

September–December

[Children and Youth Affairs] Progressing Disability Services for Children and Young People

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}

Inclusion Ireland

September–December

[Education and Training] welcome of the Review of Epsen Act and offering involvement in advisory group

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Josepha Madigan', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Education)'}

Inclusion Ireland

September–December

[Budgetary matters] Meeting on Budget 2022

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paul Kehoe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael Lowry', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Inclusion Ireland

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Disability services action plan, decongregation

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}

National Federation of Voluntary Service Providers Supporting People with Intellectual Disability

January–April

[Budgetary matters] National Federation participation in the Oireachtas Disability Group, ODG, General Election campaign (with DFI, Not for Profit, Inclusion Ireland & ILMI

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mary Lou McDonald', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Bernard Durkan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Brendan Howlin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 9 more

Inclusion Ireland

January–April

[Budgetary matters] Meeting ahead of Election 2020

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Marcella Corcoran Kennedy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Inclusion Ireland

January–April

[Local Government] Public sector duty training for Offaly CoCo, attended by senior officials and 3 x councillors

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Robert McDermott', 'role': 'Councillor (Offaly County Council)'}

Inclusion Ireland

January–April

[Communications] Disability issues for GE 2020

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Pippa Hackett', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Inclusion Ireland

January–April

[Health] Disability issues for GE 2020

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John Leahy', 'role': 'Councillor (Offaly County Council)'}

Inclusion Ireland

January–April

[Health] Disability issues for GE 2020

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Carol Nolan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Inclusion Ireland

January–April

[Health] GE manifesto on disability issues

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Inclusion Ireland

January–April

[Health] Disability issues in GE 2020

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Noel Tuohy', 'role': 'Councillor (Laois County Council)'}

Inclusion Ireland

January–April

[Health] Disability and GE 2020

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Peter Ormond', 'role': 'Councillor (Offaly County Council)'}

Inclusion Ireland

January–April

[Health] GE 2020

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Catherine Connolly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Éamon Ó Cuív', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Niall McNelis', 'role': 'Councillor (Galway City Council)'} {'name': 'Noel Grealish', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mairéad Farrell', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Róisín Shorthall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Inclusion Ireland

January–April

[Health] Disability issues and GE 2020

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Joe McHugh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Padráig Mac Lochlainn', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "John O'Donnell", 'role': 'Councillor (Donegal County Council)'} {'name': 'Thomas Pringle', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Inclusion Ireland

January–April

[Health] GE 2020 and disability issues

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Marc MacSharry', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eamon Scanlon', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Marian Harkin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Declan Bree', 'role': 'Councillor (Sligo County Council)'}

Inclusion Ireland

January–April

[Health] GE 2020 and disability issues

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Aengus Ó Snodaigh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Dave Quinn', 'role': 'Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)'} {'name': 'Dermot Lacey', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'}

Inclusion Ireland

January–April

[Health] Disability issues in program for government

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Inclusion Ireland

January–April

[Health] Human rights impact assessment of Covid on people with disabilities

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Pippa Hackett', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Brian Stanley', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Barry Cowen', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Carol Nolan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Seán Fleming', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Inclusion Ireland

January–April

[Health] Getting disability issues into the program for government

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Inclusion Ireland

January–April

[Health] GE 2020 an disability

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Inclusion Ireland

January–April

[Health] Meeting to discuss Covid 19 and its impact on people with disabilities

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Inclusion Ireland

May–August

[Education and Training] Inclusive education, Covid measures, short school days

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Josepha Madigan', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Education)'}

Lobbying Tracker

Most Lobbied TDs