Overwatch Report

Children in Hospital Ireland

January–April

[Health] Meeting with regards to Children in Hospital Ireland's Pre-Budget Submission 2025

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Children in Hospital Ireland

May–August

[Health] Pre budget submission 2025 for Children in Hospital Ireland.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Seán Sherlock', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Marc Ó Cathasaigh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Joe O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Rural and Community Development)'} {'name': 'Duncan Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Anne Rabitte', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} + 22 more

Children in Hospital Ireland

September–December

[Health] Pre budget submission 2024 for Children in Hospital Ireland.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Seán Sherlock', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Marc Ó Cathasaigh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Joe O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Rural and Community Development)'} {'name': 'Duncan Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Anne Rabitte', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} + 8 more

Children in Hospital Ireland

January–April

[Health] Sharing Children in Hospital Ireland's policy proposals to improve supports for parents with children in hospital

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Róisín Shorthall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Duncan Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Conor Rowley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}

Children in Hospital Ireland

May–August

[Health] Sharing Children in Hospital Ireland's policy proposals to improve supports for children in hospital and their families

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Rónán Hession', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Colm Burke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 21 more

Children in Hospital Ireland

September–December

[Health] Pre budget submission for Children in Hospital Ireland. E mails and Meetings relating to funding for Children in Hospital Ireland.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Seán Sherlock', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Marc Ó Cathasaigh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Colm Burke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Joe O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Rural and Community Development)'} + 2 more

Children in Hospital Ireland

January–April

[Health] Providing information on the findings and recommendations of Children in Hospital Ireland’s research report ‘Childhood Illness, Financial Stress - The Hidden Costs of Hospital Care for Children’. The report focused on the non-medical costs associated with having a child in hospital and the financial supports available to families. Discussing the report's findings with DPOs and asking about the opportunity to present to Oireachtas committees.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Kathleen Funchion', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Claire Kerrane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Vicki Casserly', 'role': 'Councillor (South Dublin County Council)'} {'name': 'Róisín Shorthall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 1 more

Children in Hospital Ireland

May–August

[Health] Sharing Children in Hospital Ireland’s pre-Budget submission, which calls for the introduction of a new social protection payment to assist parents with the non-medical financial costs associated with prolonged and/or repeated hospital care of a child.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Dara Calleary', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Marc Ó Cathasaigh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Claire Kerrane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Seán Sherlock', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Gary Gannon', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 32 more

Children in Hospital Ireland

September–December

[Health] Sharing information about Children in Hospital Ireland’s proposals for addressing the non-medical financial costs associated with prolonged and/or repeated hospital care of a child.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Colm Burke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Marc Ó Cathasaigh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Erin McGreehan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Neasa Hourigan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 7 more

Children in Hospital Ireland

September–December

[Health] Providing information on the findings and recommendations of Children in Hospital Ireland’s research report ‘Childhood Illness, Financial Stress - The Hidden Costs of Hospital Care for Children’. The report focused on the non-medical costs associated with having a child in hospital and the financial supports available to families.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Erin McGreehan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Joe Carey', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Joan Collins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paul Donnelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 54 more

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