Overwatch Report

Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited

May–August

[Environment] Request meeting to Minister Naughten to discuss the implications of carbon tax on people living in rural areas especially lower income groups

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Denis Naughten', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}

Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited

May–August

[Community] Request Minister of State to Open and address our Annual Conference

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Seán Kyne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Rural and Community Development)'}

Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited

September–December

[Budgetary matters] Sent two reminders to a previous Invite to all members of the Oireachtas for an information day on community services in rural areas in Buswells hotel.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': '2 separate reminders via email to all members of the oireachtas'}

Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited

September–December

[Budgetary matters] Request Minister Jim Daly to address attendees at Information Day in Buswells Hotel on community services for older people

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jim Daly', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}

Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited

September–December

[Budgetary matters] Information Day in Buswells to brief members of oireachtas in attendance on the services IRL and community groups provide in rural areas. As this took place before the annual Budget, they were briefed on the challenges community groups face with regards lack of adequate funding and resources

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'James Browne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Pat the Cope Gallagher', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jim Daly', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Denis Naughten', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Jackie Cahill', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 31 more

Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited

September–December

[Budgetary matters] C&V Pillar annual Bilateral Meeting with Minister for Finance

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Michael D’Arcy', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'}

Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited

September–December

[Health] C&VPillar Bilateral Meeting with Department of Health

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Siobhan O’Halloran', 'role': 'Chief Nursing Officer (Department of Health)'}

Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited

September–December

[Public Expenditure and Reform] C&V Pillar Bilateral Meeting with Department of Expenditure and Reform

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'David Moloney', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'}

Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited

September–December

[Social Protection] C&V Pillar Bilateral with Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John Conlon', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Anne Vaughan', 'role': 'Deputy Secretary (Department of Social Protection)'}

Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited

September–December

[Justice and Equality] C&V Pillar Bilateral Meeting with Department of Justice

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Carol Baxter', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Justice and Equality)'}

Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited

September–December

[Budgetary matters] Letter to Ministers and TD's prior to the Budget outlining Irish Rural Link's concerns on raising carbon tax in the Budget and the impact this would have on lower income households in rural areas

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Denis Naughten', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Michael Ring', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Rural and Community Development)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Éamon Ó Cuív', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 3 more

Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited

September–December

[Environment] Letter to request the establishment of stakeholder forum on Carbon Tax

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}

Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited

September–December

[Employment] Letter to request joint meeting with Minister for Environment and Climate Action and Minister for Enterprise, Business and Innovation to discuss redundancies in Bord na Mona, upskilling of workers and the use of the Bogs following end of cutting peat

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'}

Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited

September–December

[Community] Request for Minister Kevin Moran to open a community services information evening and meet with community service providers in the Midlands region

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Kevin Boxer Moran', 'role': 'Minister of State (The Office of Public Works)'}

Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited

September–December

[Energy and Natural Resources] Invite Minister to open Community Engagement event on SEAI Energy saving and warmer home grants

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Seán Canney', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited

September–December

[Community] Information evening for Community Service Providers to meet local representatives

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'John Dolan', 'role': 'Councillor (Westmeath County Council)'} {'name': "Michael O'Brien", 'role': 'Councillor (Westmeath County Council)'}

Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited

September–December

[Employment] Invited to present to Seanad Eireann on Small Business in rural areas

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Meeting All Senators', 'role': 'Presented to all members of the Seanad that were present during the debate.'}

Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited

September–December

[Community] Invite to all Local Councillors in the Midland Counties to an information evening on Community services in the region. It would give community groups an opportunity to discuss their services with local representatives

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Emily Wallace', 'role': 'Councillor (Westmeath County Council)'} {'name': "Una D'Arcy", 'role': 'Councillor (Westmeath County Council)'} {'name': 'John Dolan', 'role': 'Councillor (Westmeath County Council)'} {'name': 'Frankie Keena', 'role': 'Councillor (Westmeath County Council)'} {'name': "Michael O'Brien", 'role': 'Councillor (Westmeath County Council)'} {'name': 'John Shaw', 'role': 'Councillor (Westmeath County Council)'} + 85 more

Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited

September–December

[Employment] Invited by the Oireachtas Committee for Rural and Community Development to present on small and community business in rural areas and the importance of these for rural development

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Joe Carey', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael Fitzmaurice', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael Collins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Danny Healy-Rae', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Maura Hopkins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Eugene Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 2 more

Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited

September–December

[Community] Send copy of Irish Rural Link's Quarterly Newsletter for Winter to all members of the Oireachtas to highlight the work of IRL and its members and networks

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Email with newsletter'}

Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited

September–December

[Banking and Financial Institutions] Update public representatives on the Local Public Banking Model

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Willie Penrose', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mark Dearey', 'role': 'Councillor (Louth County council)'}

Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited

September–December

[Banking and Financial Institutions] Accompanied Joint Oireachtas Committee on Business, Enterprise and Innovation to Germany on a Fact Finding Mission to Sparkassen Public Banking Model

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Marie-Louise O'Donnell", 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Noel Rock', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'James Reilly', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': "Tom O'Leary", 'role': 'Councillor (Fingal County Council)'}

Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited

September–December

[Banking and Financial Institutions] Travelled with Oireachtas Finance Committee to Germany to meet with Sparkassen Public Banking and see how the model works

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Rose Conway-Walsh', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Gerry Horkan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': "Kieran O'Donnell", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited

January–April

[Health] Letter to request meeting with Oireachtas Committee on Future of Healthcare to discuss Irish Rural Link's Submission to the Committee in August 2016 and the role Meals on Wheels can play in the future of healthcare and helping older people remain in their own home for longer and reduce stay in hospital

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Róisín Shortall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mick Barry', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Louise O'Reilly", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Kate O'Connell", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Brassil', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Pat Buckley', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 7 more

Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited

January–April

[Transport] Letter sent to the Chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport on 16th January 2017 to request meeting with committee to discuss Bus Eireann Services in rural areas

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Brendan Griffin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited

January–April

[Transport] Letter sent to Minister Shane Ross on 16th January to request a meeting with him to discuss the issues of Bus Eireann Services in Rural areas

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Shane Ross', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)'}

Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited

January–April

[Transport] Presentation to Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism & Sport on Public Transport in Rural areas on 25th January

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Brendan Griffin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Brendan Ryan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Peter Fitzpatrick', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Kevin O'Keeffe", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Dara Calleary', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mick Barry', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 4 more

Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Attended consultation to inform New National Women's Strategy held in Athlone 16th January 2017

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)'} {'name': 'Carol Baxter', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Justice and Equality)'} {'name': 'Gabrielle McFadden', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited

January–April

[EU Affairs] Presentation Made at Rural Brexit Dialogue in Cavan on 6th Feb

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht)'} {'name': 'Seán Kyne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}

Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Irish Rural Link made a Submission to the Department of Justice & Equality on the New National Women's Strategy 2017-2020 on 31st January 2017

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)'}

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