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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] Grassroots lobbying campaign regarding requirement for Department of Health to publish review of Fair Deal pricing mechanism; requirement to remove role of Healthcare Assistants from the Ineligible Categories of Employment Listing; necessity for the new and revised GP contract to recognise the care needs of nursing home residents and to resource GPs accordingly.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Peter Burke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Pat Breen', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Seán Canney', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Frank O'Rourke", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mattie McGrath', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jackie Cahill', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 4 more
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Nursing Homes Ireland
May–August
[Health] Engagement with regard to the need to address the ageing population in the context of the forthcoming budget and continued delay and failure by the NTPF and Department of Health to publish the review of Fair Deal pricing mechanism.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
September–December
[Health] Engagement with regard to the requirement to remove role of healthcare assistant from the Ineligible Categories of Employment Listing on a controlled basis
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Marie-Louise O'Donnell", 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Alan Kelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Louise O'Reilly", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 4 more
🏢 Enterprise & Employment 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Nursing Homes Ireland
September–December
[Health] Representations to highlight fundamental flaws in how Fair Deal operates and how the fees payable are not entailing the reality of costs incurred to provide high-dependency specialised care.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'John Brady', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Pat Casey', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Andrew Doyle', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Maria Bailey', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 7 more
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Nursing Homes Ireland
September–December
[Health] Engagement with Minister for Health regarding failure by the NTPF and Department of Health to publish the review of Fair Deal pricing mechanism.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
September–December
[Health] Meeting sought with TD to discuss the continued delay and failure by the NTPF and Department of Health to publish the review of Fair Deal pricing mechanism and the continued need to address the ageing population with sufficient funding.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Barry Cowen', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
September–December
[Health] Contact with TDs re medical entitlements in nursing homes and the exclusion of services from the Nursing Home Support Scheme that are essential to support the health, wellbeing and day-to-day living of nursing home residents.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Imelda Munster', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
September–December
[Health] Contact with TD to highlight fundamental flaws in how Fair Deal scheme operates and how the fees payable do not recognise the costs incurred to provide high-dependency specialised care.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
September–December
[Health] Engagement with TD with regard to the requirement to remove role of healthcare assistant from the Ineligible Categories of Employment Listing on a controlled basis.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Robert Troy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Nursing Homes Ireland
January–April
[Health] Letter to Minister for Health and Older People Jim Daly TD advancing requirement for State to lead in the establishment of a forum that will bring policy stakeholders and representative organisations together to input to policy and resource planning for our older population
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jim Daly', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
January–April
[Health] Letter to Minister of State for Older People Jim Daly TD advancing requirement for Interdepartmental Working Group on the Review of the Fair Deal review of scheme pricing mechanism to be published.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jim Daly', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
January–April
[Health] Forwarded to Senator Colm Burke letter written to Minister of State for Older People Jim Daly TD advancing requirement for Interdepartmental Working Group on the Review of the Fair Deal review of scheme pricing mechanism to be published
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Colm Burke', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
January–April
[Health] Provided to Senator Colm Burke Letter to Minister for Health and Older People Jim Daly TD advancing requirement for State to lead in the establishment of a forum that will bring policy stakeholders and representative organisations together to input to policy and resource planning for our older population
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Colm Burke', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
January–April
[Health] Details regarding number of discharges from nursing homes to acute hospitals
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
January–April
[Health] Representation to Deputy Kelleher regarding cost of care in HSE nursing homes and non-publication of such costs
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
January–April
[Health] Representations regarding huge cost differential between what HSE nursing homes are paid for provision of care under Fair Deal and what private and voluntary nursing homes are paid. NHI view discriminatory practice in effect by the State. Also call for immediate publication of the review of the Fair Deal pricing mechanism.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Colm Burke', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
January–April
[Health] Meeting with Minister for State for Older People Jim Daly regarding the role of nursing homes during Storm Emma and importance of supporting access to and from nursing homes during periods of emergency
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jim Daly', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
January–April
[Health] Letter to Jim Breslin, Secretary General, Department of Health, stating delay in publication of Review of Pricing System for Long-Term Residential Care is unjustifiable. Furthermore, letter states it is unacceptable that the NTPF has unilaterally issued a revised review process for the Fair Deal scheme while the system for setting nursing home prices is subject of a review, with appeals process being a specific term of reference
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jim Breslin', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Health)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
January–April
[Health] Nursing Homes Ireland Members were encouraged to lobby their TDs regarding the huge discrepancies in fees payable to HSE nursing homes under the Fair Deal scheme and those payable to private and voluntary nursing homes. Publication by the HSE of its up-to-date fees on 23rd February revealed huge discrepancies across the country and a national average 60% differential in what HSE fees are by comparison with private and voluntary fees.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': ''}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
January–April
[Health] Regarding Project Ireland 2040, representations to Ministers Harris (Health), Daly (Older People), Donohoe (Finance, Public Expenditure & Reform) seeking meeting to discuss integral role of private and voluntary nursing homes in meeting growing healthcare needs of population and in creation of sustainable jobs within our communities
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Jim Daly', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}
🏦 Finance & Banking 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Nursing Homes Ireland
January–April
[Health] Representation to Department of Health seeking meeting regarding revision of the GMS GP contract
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Fergal Goodman', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Health)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
January–April
[Health] Representation to Minister of State for Older People Jim Daly regarding recruitment and retention of healthcare assistants, specifically regarding failure to include NHI on working group led by HSE examining service requirements in the deployment of healthcare assistants
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jim Daly', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
January–April
[Health] Representation to Senator Colm Burke ahead of Oireachtas Health Committee Quarterly meeting regarding challenges in the recruitment of healthcare assistants and medical cover provided by GPs to GMS patients in nursing homes
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Colm Burke', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
January–April
[Health] Meeting with Senator Colm Burke to advance crisis in the recruitment of healthcare assistants, emphasising requirement for workforce planning for health service needs present and future, and the necessity to remove requirement to remove the role of Healthcare Assistant from the Ineligible Categories of Employment for Employment Permits listing
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Colm Burke', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
January–April
[Health] Meeting with Minister for Older People Jim Daly to inform regarding crisis in the recruitment of healthcare assistants, emphasising requirement for workforce planning for health service needs present and future, and the necessity to remove the role of Healthcare Assistant from the Ineligible Categories of Employment for Employment Permits listing
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jim Daly', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
May–August
[Employment] Representation to Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation Heather Humphreys regarding requirement to remove role of Healthcare Assistants from the Ineligible Categories of Employment List, on a controlled basis. Measure is required to address shortage of suitably qualified healthcare assistants. presenting serious consequences for care of the older person
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
May–August
[Employment] Grassroots lobbying campaign regarding requirement to remove role of Healthcare Assistants from the Ineligible Categories of Employment Listing, on a controlled basis. Measure is required to address shortage of suitably qualified healthcare assistants. presenting serious consequences for care of the older person.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Nursing Homes Ireland
May–August
[Health] Representation to the Department of Health advancing requirement for Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation Heather Humphreys to amend the Employment Permit Regulations to support the recruitment of healthcare assistants from outside the EU. A severe labour shortage is presenting within the employment category. Requirement to remove the role of healthcare assistant from the ineligible categories of employment listing and to undertake the process with immediacy
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Darren Hourihane', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Health)'}
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Nursing Homes Ireland
May–August
[Health] Nursing Homes Ireland hosted its Oireachtas Open Day 20th June. Members advanced the great inequity in fees payable for the provision of nursing home care under the Fair Deal scheme. Requirement for publication of the overdue review of Fair Deal pricing mechanism was advanced, coupled with a funding model to recognise the reality of costs for nursing home care, independent appeals process, and the removal of the role of healthcare assistant from the ineligible categories of employment l
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Invitation was issued to all Oireachtas Members to attend and the briefing material brought together by NHI was circulated to all TDs and Senators. Members advanced the great inequity in fees payable for the provision of nursing home care under the Fair Deal scheme. Requirement for publication of the overdue review of Fair Deal pricing mechanism was advanced, coupled with necessity for a funding model to recognise the reality of costs incurred for the provision of high dependency 24/7 care. Furthermore an independent appeals process and the removal of the role of healthcare assistant from the ineligible categories of employment listing were presented to Oireachtas Members. A workforce plan for the entire health service that places the substantial growth in requirement for gerontological care at the centre of it was also addressed by Members.'}
🏢 Enterprise & Employment 🏥 Health View on lobbying.ie →
Nursing Homes Ireland
May–August
[Health] Meeting with Minister of State with Responsibility for Older People Jim Daly & Department of Health Officials
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jim Daly', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Darren Hourihane', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Health)'}
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All lobbying data comes from the Regulation of Lobbying Register, maintained by the Standards in Public Office Commission under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015.

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