Politician(s) lobbied: Maurice Quinlivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Liam Quaide (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Micheál Carrigy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aisling Dempsey (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Séamus Healy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kiera Keogh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gillian Toole (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ruairí Ó Murchú (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Margaret Murphy O'Mahony (Senator), Seanad; Nikki Bradley (Senator), Seanad; Maria Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Tom Clonan (Senator), Seanad; Laura Harmon (Senator), Seanad; Anne O'Connor (Chief Executive Officer), Health Service Executive; Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Emer Higgins (Minister of State), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Mary Fitzpatrick (Senator), Seanad; Mary Lou McDonald (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Implementation of the neuro-rehabilitation strategy/Implementation Framework
Methods: Virtual MeetingMeetingEmailLetter
Details by Method
Virtual Meeting
Discussion about ABI Ireland assisted living home in Dublin 9 with Senator Mary Fitzpatrick
Meeting
Discussion on specialist case management with Deputy Barry Ward during his visit to an ABI Ireland assisted living home in Dun Laoghaire.
Email
Inform specific members of the Oireachtas about paediatric community neurorehabilitation services.
Email
Information on ABI Ireland assisted living home in Dublin 9 was sent to Senator Mary Fitzpatrick and Deputy Mary Lou McDonald
Meeting
Informed the Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters on the need for investment in specialist case managers for people with an acquired brain injury.
Email
Invitation to Barry Ward TD to visit ABI Ireland assisted living home in Dun Laoghaire
Letter
Letter of invitation sent by email to the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to officially open our new assisted living home in Ballina, Co. Tipperary
Letter
Letter sent by email to the Minister for Disability, Emer Higgins TD re: funding
Letter
Letters sent by email to the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality and the Minister for Disability regarding paediatric community neurorehabilitation services.
Meeting
Meetings with John Brady TD and Ruairí Ó Murchú TD re: paediatric community neurorehabilitation services
Email
Organising a visit to our Limerick assisted living service and including an ABI Ireland submission to the Committee on Disability Matters.
Email
To Liam Quaide TD to organise an event in Leinster House
Email
To brief Disability Matters Committee members on the need for investment in specialist brain injury case managers.
Meeting
Visit by Maurice Quinlivan TD to ABI Ireland Limerick assisted living service. Discussion on neurorehabilitation.
Politician(s) lobbied: Liam Quaide (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Barry Ward (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Brady (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Robert Troy (Minister of State), Department of Finance; Hildegarde Naughton (Minister of State), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Micheál Martin (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Emer Higgins (Minister of State), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Intent: Investment in neurorehabilitation services in the community
Methods: MeetingEmailLetterVirtual Meeting
Details by Method
Meeting
CEO attends as NDSA representative
Meeting
CEO attends as NSDA representative
Email
Letter of introduction to new Minister for Disability.
Meeting
Prebudget submission/NDSA delegation
Meeting
investment in neurorehabilitation services in the community for children
Letter
investment in neurorehabilitation services in the community
Virtual Meeting
investment in neurorehabilitation services in the community
Email
investment in neurorehabilitation services in the community, prebudget submission
Email
investment in neurorehabilitation services in the community, prebudget submission
Email
investment in neurorehabilitation services in the community, prebudget submission
Meeting
investment in neurorehabilitation services in the community/DFI meeting
Email
investment in neurorehabilitation services in the community
Politician(s) lobbied: Hildegarde Naughton (Minister of State), Department of Health; George Lawlor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jim Codd (Councillor), Wexford County Council; Verona Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pearse Doherty (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Padráig Mac Lochlainn (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ciaran O'Donnell (Special Adviser), Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media; Declan Meehan (Councillor), Donegal County Council; Claire Kerrane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Holly Cairns (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mark Wall (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul McAuliffe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Nikki Bradley (Senator), Seanad; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance; Michael Collins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Peadar Tóibín (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoghan Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Liam Quaide (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Bernard Gloster (Chief Executive Officer), Health Service Executive; Colm Ó Conaill (Assistant Secretary), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Marian Harkin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marian Harkin (Minister of State), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science; Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Intent: Investment in neurorehabilitation services in the community
Methods: MeetingVirtual MeetingEmailEvent / Reception
Details by Method
Meeting
Meeting of clients and staff with Minister Carroll MacNeill in the Dun Laoghaire services
Meeting
Meeting of clients and staff with Minster Naughton at our Midlands service, Offaly.
Virtual Meeting
NAI regional campaign launch
Virtual Meeting
NAI regional campaign launch
Virtual Meeting
NSDA led activity
Email
Sharing ABI Ireland's Prebudget Submission 2026
Email
investment in neurorehabilitation services in the community
Email
investment in neurorehabilitation services in the community
Email
investment in neurorehabilitation services in the community
Email
investment in neurorehabilitation services in the community
Meeting
investment in neurorehabilitation services in the community
Event / Reception
launch of organisation's strategy 2025-2029 with Minister Foley, Kerry.
Politician(s) lobbied: Clare Mungovan (Special Adviser), Department of the Taoiseach; Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Education; Hildegarde Naughton (Minister of State), Department of Health; Johnny Mythen (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Browne (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; George Lawlor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jim Codd (Councillor), Wexford County Council; Jim Codd (Councillor), Wexford County Council; Aoife Rose O'Brien (Councillor), Wexford County Council; Frank Staples (Councillor), Wexford County Council; Tom Forde (Councillor), Wexford County Council; Ger Carthy (Councillor), Wexford County Council; Bridín Murphy (Councillor), Wexford County Council; Lisa McDonald (Councillor), Wexford County Council; Garry Laffan (Councillor), Wexford County Council; Leonard Kelly (Councillor), Wexford County Council; Verona Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Tony Canavan (Regional Executive Officer), Health Service Executive; Anne Rabbitte (Senator), Seanad
Intent: Investment in neurorehabilitation services in the community
Methods: Event / ReceptionEmailLetter
Details by Method
Event / Reception
community awareness & fundraising event
Email
investment in neuro-rehabilitation services in the NW
Event / Reception
investment in neuro-rehabilitation services in the NW
Email
investment in neurorehabilitation services in the community
Email
investment in neurorehabilitation services in the community
Letter
investment in neurorehabilitation services in the community
Letter
investment in neurorehabilitation services in the community
Letter
investment in neurorehabilitation services in the community
Politician(s) lobbied: Noel Byrne (Special Adviser), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Simon Coveney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mattie McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Heydon (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Violet Anne Wynne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Neasa Hourigan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Erin McGreehan (Senator), Seanad; Rose Conway-Walsh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pauline Tully (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Verona Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Johnny Mythen (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; George Lawlor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Investment in neurorehabilitation services in the community
Methods: Event / ReceptionEmailMeeting
Details by Method
Event / Reception
General election campaign event
Email
investment in neurorehabilitation services in the community
Email
investment in neurorehabilitation services in the community
Email
investment in neurorehabilitation services in the community
Meeting
investment in neurorehabilitation services in the community
Meeting
investment in neurorehabilitation services in the community
Meeting
investment in neurorehabilitation services in the community
Politician(s) lobbied: Michael Healy-Rae (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Burke (Minister of State), Department of Health; Neasa Hourigan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Róisín Shortall (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peadar Tóibín (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Duncan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gino Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Anne Rabbitte (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Clare Mungovan (Special Adviser), Department of the Taoiseach; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister of State), Department of the Taoiseach; Mary Lou McDonald (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Finance; Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Ruairí Ó Murchú (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Stephen Donnelly (Minister), Department of Health; Sylvester Bourke (Councillor), Wicklow County Council; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Investment in neurorehabilitation services in the community
Methods: MeetingEmailEvent / ReceptionInformal communicationLetterVirtual Meeting
Details by Method
Meeting
Meeting in Castleisland, Co. Kerry
Event / Reception
No description
Informal communication
No description
Virtual Meeting
No description
Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Anne Rabbitte (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Verona Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alan Dillon (Minister of State), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Intent: policy implementation/investment in neuro-rehabilitation services
Methods: EmailEvent / ReceptionSubmission
Details by Method
Event / Reception
No description
Event / Reception
No description
Politician(s) lobbied: David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To encourage progress on policy / investment in neuro-rehabilitation services.
Methods: Email
Politician(s) lobbied: Claire Kerrane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To encourage progress on policy / investment in neuro-rehabilitation services
Methods: Meeting
Details by Method
Meeting
July, 2023: ABI Ireland met with Deputy Claire Kerrane re services for brain injury survivors, particularly in the North East region, and what could be done to improve them.
Politician(s) lobbied: Anne Rabbitte (Minister of State), Department of Health
Intent: Policy implemented/investment in neuro-rehabilitation services
Methods: Meeting
Details by Method
Meeting
April 1, 2023: Meeting with Minister Anne Rabbitte on occasion of World Congress on Brain Injury re funding for Case Management and Rehabilitation pathways for brain injury survivors.
Meeting
Feb 9, 2023: Attendance and presentation at Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability regarding investment and policy for rehabilitation services.
