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2025-01-08
Politician(s) lobbied: Joe O'Brien (Minister of State), Department of Rural and Community Development
Intent: to enable salries for funded employees to better keep pace with cost of living incrases and equivalent salries in the private sector, to further enable staff retention in the long term.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Request for increases in funding levels for the Scheme to Support national Organisations (SSNO) |
2024-09-03
Politician(s) lobbied: Stephen Donnelly (Minister), Department of Health; Anne Rabbitte (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Mary Butler (Minister of State), Department of Health
Intent: Increased funding/improved policy/ better outcomes for family carers across the country as part of the budgetary process.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Sent copies of our Pre-Budget Submission directly to relevant Ministers in the Dept. Of Health. |
2024-09-03
Politician(s) lobbied: Stephen Donnelly (Minister), Department of Health; Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Anne Rabbitte (Minister of State), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Intent: Increased funding for our national online family carer support group and National Carers Week, both of which increase the wellbeing outcomes for family carers across the country.
Methods: Email, Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Seeking additional funding for Online Family Carer Support Project. This Included an evidence base for increased project funding from within the Dept of Health |
| — | along with details of a business case we in the organisation developed to assist with our request for enhanced funding for the project. In the same communication we made the case for increased funding for National Carers Week which we coordinate each year. |
2024-01-02
Politician(s) lobbied: John McGuinness (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Paul Phelan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Matt Carthy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brendan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Niamh Smyth (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe Carey (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathal Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael McNamara (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Violet Anne Wynne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Stanton (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mick Barry (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Thomas Gould (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig O'Sullivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Creed (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aindrias Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Collins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Christopher O'Sullivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pearse Doherty (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pearse Doherty (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe McHugh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Thomas Pringle (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cian O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Richard Bruton (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Haughey (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Denise Mitchell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Chris Andrews (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jim O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mary Lou McDonald (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alan Farrell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Louise O'Reilly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Emer Higgins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gino Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoin Ó Broin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Dessie Ellis (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul McAuliffe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joan Collins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Patrick Costello (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aengus Ó Snodaigh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Bríd Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Brophy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Lahart (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Francis Noel Duffy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jack Chambers (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Donnelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Richard Boyd Barrett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cormac Devlin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Canney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ciaran Cannon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Connolly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mairéad Farrell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Noel Grealish (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pa Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brendan Griffin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Danny Healy-Rae (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Healy-Rae (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Réada Cronin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Bernard Durkan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Lawless (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathal Berry (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Ó Fearghaíl (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Barry Cowen (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Charles Flanagan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Carol Nolan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brian Stanley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brian Leddin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Maurice Quinlivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Richard O'Donoghue (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sorca Clarke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe Flaherty (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Robert Troy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter Fitzpatrick (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Imelda Munster (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ged Nash (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Fergus O'Dowd (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Damien English (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Johnny Guirke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peadar Tóibín (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Fitzmaurice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Denis Naughten (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Frank Feighan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marian Harkin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marc MacSharry (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Browne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jackie Cahill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alan Kelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Lowry (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mattie McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Matt Shanahan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brendan Howlin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Kehoe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Verona Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Johnny Mythen (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Brady (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Steven Matthews (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pat Buckley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Leo Varadkar (An Tánaiste), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Micheál Martin (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Eamon Ryan (Minister), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Michael McGrath (Minister), Department of Finance; Simon Coveney (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Education; Catherine Martin (Minister), Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media; Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Heather Humphreys (Minister), Department of Social Protection; Charlie McConalogue (Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Roderic O'Gorman (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Stephen Donnelly (Minister), Department of Health; Simon Harris (Minister), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science; Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Justice; Hildegarde Naughton (Minister of State), Department of Health; Jack Chambers (Minister of State), Department of Transport; Peter Burke (Minister of State), Department of the Taoiseach; Patrick O'Donovan (Minister of State), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Ossian Smyth (Minister of State), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Josepha Madigan (Minister of State), Department of Education; Martin Heydon (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Anne Rabbitte (Minister of State), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Seán Fleming (Minister of State), Department of Foreign Affairs; Joe O'Brien (Minister of State), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Kieran O'Donnell (Minister of State), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Malcolm Noonan (Minister of State), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Neale Richmond (Minister of State), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Mary Butler (Minister of State), Department of Health; Thomas Byrne (Minister of State), Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media; Niall Collins (Minister of State), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister of State), Department of Finance; James Browne (Minister of State), Department of Justice; Dara Calleary (Minister of State), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Mary Seery Kearney (Senator), Seanad; Paddy Burke (Senator), Seanad; Regina Doherty (Senator), Seanad; Pippa Hackett (Senator), Seanad; Kathleen Funchion (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pauline Tully (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Holly Cairns (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gary Gannon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Neasa Hourigan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Duncan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mark Ward (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Róisín Shorthall (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Patricia Ryan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Willie O'Dea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Claire Kerrane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marc Ó Cathasaigh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Whitmore (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Increased funding from the DoH for the Online Family Carer Support Project as facilitated by Care Alliance Ireland.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Seeking additional funding for Online Family Carer Support Project. This Included an evidence base for increased project funding from within the Dept of Health |
| — | along with details of a business case we in the organisation developed to assist with our request for enhanced funding for the project. . |
2023-08-30
Politician(s) lobbied: Mary Butler (Minister of State), Department of Health; Stephen Donnelly (Minister), Department of Health
Intent: Seeking additional funding for Online Family Carer Support Project
Methods: Email, Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Seeking additional funding for Online Family Carer Support Project |
2023-01-03
Politician(s) lobbied: Stephen Donnelly (Minister), Department of Health; Mary Butler (Minister of State), Department of Health; Anne Rabitte (Minister of State), Department of Health; Anne Rabitte (Minister of State), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Frank Feighan (Minister of State), Department of Health; Roderic O'Gorman (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Education
Intent: Put in place national action plans to ensure a relevant and targeted approach, in line with the culture in and state of play of the individual countries, while contributing towards a shared EU-level aim. These plans should include the clear identification of family carers and their rights, to ensure relevance and support, including financial support::Appoint national coordinators to develop and implement these plans and to solidly embed these plans in social protection systems as well as in other policy domains, linking with all stakeholders involved or affected.::Agree on long term care indicators to be used as part of the European Semester Process and Social Open Method of Cooperation.::call for robust monitoring and assessment systems and measures, both at national and EU levels, based on the dimensions of quality, accessibility and affordability
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | The EU Care Strategy; calling upon relveant ministers to get invoved in the EU Care Strategy |
2023-01-03
Politician(s) lobbied: Fiona O'Loughlin (Senator), Seanad
Intent: Better outcomes for family carers
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Discussion of issues facing family carers |
| — | most particularly in the area of gender and family care. |
2022-08-31
Politician(s) lobbied: Heather Humphreys (Minister), Department of Social Protection
Intent: Better outcomes for family carers::Undertake the review of the range of grants available to assist with meeting specific housing needs, as committed to in Housing For All.::Facilitate the payment of the Carer Support Grant on a pro-rata basis::Introduce the Transport Support Scheme announced in 2014 as a replacement for the Mobility Allowance and Motorised Transport Grant as a matter of urgency::Remove Carers Allowance as a taxable source of income::Review the Carers Allowance scheme::Increase Carer Support Grant to €2,000 per annum
Methods: Submission
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Budget 2023 for Family Carers |
2022-08-31
Politician(s) lobbied: Teresa Leonard (Deputy Secretary), Department of Social Protection; Rónán Hession (Assistant Secretary), Department of Social Protection
Intent: Better outcomes for family carers
Methods: Event / Reception
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Discussion of issues pertaining to family carers at the DSP Annual Carers Forum 2022; recommendations made following an invitation to attend |
2021-08-30
Politician(s) lobbied: Stephen Donnelly (Minister), Department of Health; Mary Butler (Minister of State), Department of Health; Anne Rabbitte (Minister of State), Department of Health; Anne Rabbitte (Minister of State), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Frank Feighan (Minister of State), Department of Health; Roderic O'Gorman (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Education; Josepha Madigan (Minister of State), Department of Education
Intent: increased knowledge of carers issues::The development of a funded national carers strategy
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Highlight research undertaken to influence the development of the next National Carers Strategy - sharing of final report |
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