Alcohol Action Ireland

Politician(s) lobbied: Réada Cronin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aidan Farrelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Lawless (Minister), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science; Joe Neville (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Naoise O'Cearúil (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sinéad Gibney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Maeve O'Connell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Shay Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Enhanced resources for alcohol services

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Niamh Hodnett (Online Safety Commissioner), Coimisiún na Meán; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health

Intent: Highlighting aspects of marketing of alcohol ::Controls on digital marketing of alcohol

Methods: MeetingSocial Media

Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Simon Harris (Minister), Department of Finance; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Minister of State), Department of Health; Mary Horgan (Chief Medical Officer), Department of Health

Intent: Increase in excise duties for alcohol and enhanced funding for services for those harmed by alcohol

Methods: EmailSocial Media

Politician(s) lobbied: Jack Chambers (Minister of State), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Simon Harris (Minister), Department of Finance; Maeve O'Connell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Deirdre Gillane (Chief of Staff), Department of the Taoiseach; Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health

Intent: Ensure implementation of alcohol labelling regulations::Raise concerns about alcohol industry influence on government

Methods: Event / ReceptionMeetingInformal communicationEmailSocial Media

Politician(s) lobbied: Pa Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jim O'Callaghan (Minister), Department of Justice; Teresa Costello (Senator), Seanad; Sorca Clarke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Keira Keogh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Darren O'Rourke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Claire Kerrane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sinéad Gibney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Canney (Minister of State), Department of Transport; Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Jerry Buttimer (Minister of State), Department of Rural and Community Development; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Simon Harris (Minister), Department of Finance; Colm Henry (Chief Clinical Officer), Health Service Executive; Professor Mary Horgan (Chief Medical Officer), Department of Health; Sam Waide (Chief Executive Officer), Road Safety Authority; Micheál Martin (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Michael Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Shane Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Grace Boland (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Collins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Emer Currie (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Roderic O'Gorman (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Louis O'Hara (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Lorraine Clifford-Lee (Senator), Seanad; Nessa Cosgrove (Senator), Seanad; Mark Duffy (Senator), Seanad; Imelda Goldsboro (Senator), Seanad; Cathal Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Raise awareness about alcohol and road safety report from AAI. Recommendations include increased road side breath testing, streamlining of cumbersome procedures around testing, whole of population measures to reduce alcohol consumption.

Methods: Event / ReceptionEmailMeetingPhone callInformal communicationSocial Media

Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Minister of State), Department of Health; Professor Mary Horgan (Chief Medical Officer), Department of Health; Maeve O'Connell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mary Horgan (Chief Medical Officer), Department of Health; Michael Cahill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sorca Clarke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig O'Sullivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter Roche (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marie Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Manus Boyle (Senator), Seanad; Maria Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Tom Clonan (Senator), Seanad; Teresa Costello (Senator), Seanad; Colm Burke (Minister of State), Department of Health; Nicole Ryan (Senator), Seanad; Colm Henry (Chief Clinical Officer), Health Service Executive; Seamus McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jerry Buttimer (Minister of State), Department of Rural and Community Development; Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig Rice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Thomas Gould (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoghan Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ken O'Flynn (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aindrias Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Paul O'Shea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Fiona O'Loughlin (Senator), Seanad

Intent: Draw attention to AAI report on the increase in youth drinking

Methods: Informal communicationEmailSocial Media

Politician(s) lobbied: John Brady (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Simon Harris (Minister), Department of Finance; Edward Timmins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Whitmore (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marian Harkin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Frank Feighan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eamon Scanlon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brian Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Malcolm Byrne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin (TD), The Lower House of the Oireachtas; Richard Boyd Barrett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Barry Ward (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cormac Devlin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aidan Farrelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Lawless (Minister), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science; Joe Neville (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Naoise O'Cearúil (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Niall Collins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Patrick O'Donovan (Minister of State), Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media; Richard O'Donoghue (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pa Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Danny Healy-Rae (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Healy-Rae (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Michael Cahill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Garret Kelleher (Senator), Seanad; Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Minister of State), Department of Health; Professor Mary Horgan (Chief Medical Officer), Department of Health; Michael Cahill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sorca Clarke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig O'Sullivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter Roche (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marie Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Manus Boyle (Senator), Seanad; Maria Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Tom Clonan (Senator), Seanad; Teresa Costello (Senator), Seanad; Nicole Ryan (Senator), Seanad; Pádraig Rice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joanna Byrne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alan Kelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brian Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Carrighy (Senator), Seanad; Peter 'Chap' Cleere (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sinéad Gibney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig O'Sullivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aengus Ó Snodaigh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Evanne Ní Chuilinn (Senator), Seanad; Garrett Ahern (Senator), Seanad; Alison Comyn (Senator), Seanad; Rónán Mullen (Senator), Seanad; Malcolm Noonan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Raise awareness of issues around alcohol sports sponsorship and its impact on youth drinking as outlined in AAI report. Report recommends a ban on this form of alcohol marketing.

Methods: EmailSocial Media

Politician(s) lobbied: Lynn Ruane (Senator), Seanad; Jim O'Callaghan (Minister), Department of Justice; Stephanie O’Keeffe (Chief Executive Officer), Cuan; Matt Carthy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paula Butterly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Tom Brabazon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Albert Dolan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gary Gannon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alan Kelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig O'Sullivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mark Ward (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Robbie Gallagher (Senator), Seanad; Garret Kelleher (Senator), Seanad; Michael McDowell (Senator), Seanad; Anne Rabbitte (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Raise awareness of alcohol as a risk factor for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence. of alcohol and seek its inclusion in new government strategy::Introduction of Operation Encompass as a support for children impacted by domestic violence

Methods: MeetingEmailSocial Media

Politician(s) lobbied: Matt Carthy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Canney (Minister of State), Department of Transport; Micheál Martin (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Jim O'Callaghan (Minister), Department of Justice; Simon Harris (Minister), Department of Finance

Intent: Raise awareness of issues around alcohol and road safety. Improved procedures in relation to testing of samples for alcohol following traffic collisions

Methods: Event / ReceptionEmailSocial Media

Politician(s) lobbied: Chris Andrews (Senator), Seanad; Stephanie O’Keeffe (Chief Executive Officer), Cuan; Jim O'Callaghan (Minister), Department of Justice; Suzanne Coogan (Press Adviser), Department of Justice; Matt Carthy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Tom Brabazon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paula Butterly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Cahill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gary Gannon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alan Kelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig O'Sullivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mark Ward (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Robbie Gallagher (Senator), Seanad; Garret Kelleher (Senator), Seanad; Michael McDowell (Senator), Seanad; Anne Rabitte (Senator), Seanad; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Geoghegan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoin Hayes (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ann Graves (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Duncan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Canney (Minister of State), Department of Transport; Albert Dolan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Louis O'Hara (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter Roche (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Introduction of Operation Encompass - an early intervention programme to support children who have experienced domestic violence. This requires specific legislation which is being introduced to the Oireachtas - General Scheme of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences, Domestic Violence and International Instruments) Bill 2025.

Methods: Event / ReceptionEmailInformal communicationSocial Media