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2025-05-08
Politician(s) lobbied: David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Support for four key asks to support families when they have a child in hospital, namely: A capped fund to support the immediate non medical costs of having a child who requires hospital care; a new social welfare payment to support families with a sick child; positive action to reduce child waiting lists for hospital; increased investment and policy development to support provision of play in hospital.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Meeting with regards to Children in Hospital Ireland's Pre-Budget Submission 2025 |
2024-09-02
Politician(s) lobbied: Seán Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marc Ó Cathasaigh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe O'Brien (Minister of State), Department of Rural and Community Development; Duncan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Anne Rabitte (Minister of State), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Mary Butler (Minister of State), Department of Health; Stephen Donnelly (Minister), Department of Health; Erin McGreehan (Senator), Seanad; Lorraine Clifford-Lee (Senator), Seanad; Heather Humphreys (Minister), Department of Social Protection; Roderic O'Gorman (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Claire Kerrane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Vicki Casserly (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Lettie McCarthy (Councillor), Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council; Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Micheál Martin (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of the Taoiseach; Róisín Shorthall (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mary Butler (Minister of State), Department of Health; Seán Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Bernard Durkan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Brophy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathal Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Neasa Hourigan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gino Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Lahart (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Support for the CIH pre budget submission which called for additional resources to be allocated to support parents when they have a child in hospital.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Pre budget submission 2025 for Children in Hospital Ireland. |
2024-01-03
Politician(s) lobbied: Seán Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marc Ó Cathasaigh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe O'Brien (Minister of State), Department of Rural and Community Development; Duncan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Anne Rabitte (Minister of State), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Mary Butler (Minister of State), Department of Health; Stephen Donnelly (Minister), Department of Health; Erin McGreehan (Senator), Seanad; Lorraine Clifford-Lee (Senator), Seanad; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Heather Humphreys (Minister), Department of Social Protection; Roderic O'Gorman (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Claire Kerrane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Support for the CIH pre budget submission which called for additional resources to be allocated to support parents when they have a child in hospital.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Pre budget submission 2024 for Children in Hospital Ireland. |
2023-01-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Seán Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marc Ó Cathasaigh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe O'Brien (Minister of State), Department of Rural and Community Development; Duncan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Dónall Geoghegan (Chief of Staff), Department of the Taoiseach
Intent: Support for the CIH pre budget submission which called for additional resources to be allocated to support parents when they have a child in hospital.::Support in securing emergency or sustainable funding for Children in Hospital Ireland.
Methods: Email, Meeting, Virtual Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Pre budget submission for Children in Hospital Ireland. E mails and Meetings relating to funding for Children in Hospital Ireland. |
2022-09-13
Politician(s) lobbied: Stephen Donnelly (Minister), Department of Health; Heather Humphreys (Minister), Department of Social Protection; Roderic O'Gorman (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Rónán Hession (Assistant Secretary), Department of Social Protection; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Claire Kerrane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Dara Calleary (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marc Ó Cathasaigh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gary Gannon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Duncan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Róisín Shorthall (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Anne Rabbitte (Minister of State), Department of Health; Mary Seery Kearney (Senator), Seanad; Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kathleen Funchion (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Whitmore (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mary Lou McDonald (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peadar Tóibín (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Denis Naughten (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance; Michael McGrath (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Vicki Casserly (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Erin McGreehan (Senator), Seanad
Intent: Increased awareness and support for Children in Hospital Ireland's proposals
Methods: Email, Virtual Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Sharing Children in Hospital Ireland's policy proposals to improve supports for children in hospital and their families |
2022-05-12
Politician(s) lobbied: Róisín Shorthall (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Duncan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Conor Rowley (Assistant Secretary), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Intent: Awareness of Children in Hospital Ireland's proposals to improve supports for parents with children in hospital
Methods: Email, Virtual Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Sharing Children in Hospital Ireland's policy proposals to improve supports for parents with children in hospital |
2022-01-11
Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marc Ó Cathasaigh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Erin McGreehan (Senator), Seanad; Neasa Hourigan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Claire Kerrane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Róisín Shorthall (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alan Kelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marian Harkin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Dara Calleary (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Vicki Casserly (Councillor), South Dublin County Council
Intent: Awareness of Children in Hospital Ireland’s proposals for addressing the non-medical financial costs associated with prolonged and/or repeated hospital care of a child.
Methods: Email, Virtual Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | 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. |
2021-09-13
Politician(s) lobbied: Heather Humphreys (Minister), Department of Social Protection; Dara Calleary (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marc Ó Cathasaigh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Claire Kerrane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gary Gannon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Stephen Donnelly (Minister), Department of Health; Colm Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Neasa Hourigan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alan Kelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Róisín Shorthall (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Roderic O'Gorman (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Anne Rabbitte (Minister of State), Department of Health; Mary Seery Kearney (Senator), Seanad; Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kathleen Funchion (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Whitmore (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Micheál Martin (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Leo Varadkar (An Tánaiste), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eamon Ryan (Minister), Department of Transport; Mary Lou McDonald (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peadar Tóibín (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Richard Boyd Barrett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Bríd Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gino Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mick Barry (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Thomas Pringle (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Denis Naughten (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Connolly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marian Harkin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance; Michael McGrath (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Vicki Casserly (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Erin McGreehan (Senator), Seanad
Intent: Awareness of Children in Hospital Ireland’s proposals for addressing the non-medical financial costs associated with prolonged and/or repeated hospital care of a child.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | 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. |
2021-05-20
Politician(s) lobbied: David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kathleen Funchion (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Claire Kerrane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Vicki Casserly (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Róisín Shorthall (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Erin McGreehan (Councillor), Louth County council
Intent: Greater awareness of the financial issues that families with children in hospital face because of the non-financial expenses associated with a child's hospitalisation. The opportunity to present these results to relevant Oireachtas committees to further extend this awareness.
Methods: Virtual Meeting, Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | 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. |
2021-01-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Erin McGreehan (Senator), Seanad; Joe Carey (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joan Collins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Donnelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Charles Flanagan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Claire Kerrane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Councillor), Waterford City and County Council; Éamon Ó Cuív (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paddy Burke (Senator), Seanad; Róisín Garvey (Senator), Seanad; Paul Gavan (Senator), Seanad; Eugene Murphy (Senator), Seanad; Mark Wall (Senator), Seanad; Stephen Donnelly (Minister), Department of Health; Roderic O'Gorman (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Heather Humphreys (Minister), Department of Social Protection; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance; Joe O'Brien (Minister of State), Department of Rural and Community Development; Frank Feighan (Minister of State), Department of Health; Anne Rabbitte (Minister of State), Department of Health; Pauline O'Reilly (Senator), Seanad; Kathleen Funchion (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Patrick Costello (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathal Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alan Dillon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe Flaherty (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Paul Phelan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mark Ward (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Whitmore (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mary Fitzpatrick (Senator), Seanad; Sharon Keogan (Senator), Seanad; Lynn Ruane (Senator), Seanad; Mary Seery Kearney (Senator), Seanad; Michael Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Holly Cairns (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Canney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Emer Higgins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Neasa Hourigan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pauline Tully (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Violet Anne Wynne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ivana Bacik (Senator), Seanad; Alice-Mary Higgins (Senator), Seanad; Fiona O'Loughlin (Senator), Seanad; Colm Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Bernard Durkan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gino Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Lahart (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Róisín Shorthall (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Frances Black (Senator), Seanad; Lorraine Clifford-Lee (Senator), Seanad; Martin Conway (Senator), Seanad; Annie Hoey (Senator), Seanad; Seán Kyne (Senator), Seanad; Denis Naughten (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jackie Cahill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Greater awareness of the financial issues that families with children in hospital face because of the non-financial expenses associated with a child's hospitalisation.
Methods: Email, Virtual Meeting, Submission
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | 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. |