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Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 27)
Politician(s) lobbied: Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Kieran O'Donnell (Minister of State), Department of Health; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Dara Calleary (Minister), Department of Social Protection; Dara Calleary (Minister), Department of Rural and Community Development; Jerry Buttimer (Minister of State), Department of Rural and Community Development
Intent: Inclusion of measures to benefit older people in Budget 2026
Methods: Submission, Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Submission on Budget 2026 |
Politician(s) lobbied: James O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Albert Dolan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Tony McCormack (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brian Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Clendennen (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Nicholas Gogarty (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; George Lawlor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Rose Conway-Walsh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Donnelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ollie Crowe (Senator), Seanad; Mary Fitzpatrick (Senator), Seanad; Linda Nelson Murray (Senator), Seanad; Aubrey McCarthy (Senator), Seanad; Conor Murphy (Senator), Seanad; Joe Conway (Senator), Seanad
Intent: Amendments at Committee Stage of the Bill
Methods: Email, Meeting
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| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025 |
Politician(s) lobbied: Pádraig Rice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Cahill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig O'Sullivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter Roche (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marie Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sorca Clarke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Teresa Costello (Senator), Seanad; Manus Boyle (Senator), Seanad; Maria Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Tom Clonan (Senator), Seanad; Nicole Ryan (Senator), Seanad
Intent: That HIQA be brought before the Health Committee
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Failures in care of older people in long term residential care |
Politician(s) lobbied: Kieran O'Donnell (Minister of State), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Graham Doyle (Secretary General), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; David Kelly (Assistant Secretary), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Intent: Measures to increase the supply of age-friendly homes and to address older people's housing needs
Methods: Submission, Meeting
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| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Submissions on a new National Housing Plan and on meeting the housing needs of older people |
Politician(s) lobbied: Ged Nash (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Kieran O'Donnell (Minister of State), Department of Health; Paul Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sinéad Gibney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; George Lawlor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peadar Tóibín (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Rose Conway-Walsh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ruth Coppinger (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Richard Boyd Barrett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Lawless (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Amendments to Bill to support longer working lives on a voluntary basis and reduced age-based discrimination in the workplace
Methods: Meeting, Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025 |
2025-05-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Holly Cairns (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mary Lou McDonald (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Micheál Martin (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Simon Harris (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: That the Programme for Goverment would include policies and initiatives to address the needs of older people, particularly those living on the lowest incomes and/or experiencing disadvantage and exclusion.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Letter to political party leaders about the development of the Programme for Government |
2025-05-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Kieran O'Donnell (Minister of State), Department of Health
Intent: To secure funding to implement a Programme for Government commitment::To brief the Minister on key policy priorities for Age Action
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Discussion of Programme for Government commitment |
2025-05-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Carol Baxter (Assistant Secretary), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Intent: Strategy recognises and makes provision for the needs of older women
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Strategy for Women and Girls |
2025-05-21
Politician(s) lobbied: John Conlan (Deputy Secretary General), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Ireland’s support for an international convention on the rights of older persons.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Convention on the Rights of Older Persons |
2025-01-17
Politician(s) lobbied: Marc Ó Cathasaigh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Micheál Martin (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Holly Cairns (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eamon Ryan (Minister), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications; Mary Lou McDonald (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Policies to improve the lives of older persons.
Methods: Email, Meeting, Virtual Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Pre-election submissions to all political parties |
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