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2025-05-20
Politician(s) lobbied: James Browne (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Hildegarde Naughton (Minister of State), Department of Health
Intent: For key recommendations from DFI's commissioned research 'Bridging the Gap: Local Authorities and Disability Inclusion' to be implemented (summary and full report available on DFI website at: https://www.disability-federation.ie/dfi-and-local-government1/bridging-the-gap-local-authiorities-and-disability.html)
Methods: Event / Reception, Email, Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Implementation of the UN CRPD at local level |
2025-05-16
Politician(s) lobbied: Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Hildegarde Naughton (Minister of State), Department of Health
Intent: . Finalisation and publication of the National Disability Strategy, and cross departmental approach to the strategy's implementation. . Put in place a well-resourced plan to support the establishment and capacity building of DPOs, in the spirit of Article 4.3 of the UN CRPD. . Progress other matters of concern as prescribed in Annex 1.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Oireachtas Disability Group |
| — | ODG |
| — | disability priorities for the new Programme for Government |
2025-05-16
Politician(s) lobbied: Micheál Martin (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Simon Harris (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Appointment of civil society candidate, Joan Carthy, to the upper House of the Oireachtas by An Taoiseach
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Appointment of civil society candidate |
| — | chosen by Nominating Bodies of the Seanad Administrative Panel |
| — | to the upper House of the Oireachtas by An Taoiseach |
2025-05-16
Politician(s) lobbied: Tony Canavan (Regional Executive Officer), Health Service Executive; Andy Phillips (Regional Executive Officer), Health Service Executive; Sandra Broderick (Regional Executive Officer), Health Service Executive
Intent: To increase awareness of DFI, our role and purpose. Share data from the CSO on disability prevalence in their region. Profile DFI members in their region. And to raise topics of concern to our members to the REO - funding, capacity, and communication.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | HSE Restructuring - Health Regions and REOs |
2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Justice; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister of State), Department of Finance; Martin Heydon (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; John Cummins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Paul O'Shea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Finance; Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Education; Mary Butler (Minister of State), Department of Health; James Lawless (Minister of State), Department of Transport; James Browne (Minister of State), Department of Justice; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cian O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Canney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marian Harkin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Barry Heneghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Lowry (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Noel Grealish (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kevin Boxer Moran (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Verona Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Carol Nolan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gillian Toole (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: For political parties to adopt policies that advance disability inclusion in their General Election manifestos and in the next Programme for Government
Methods: Informal communication, Email, Virtual Meeting, Social Media
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | DFI General Election Campaign |
2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach
Intent: Improved funding and sustainable funding model for Section 39, 56/40 and 10 organisations
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Sectoral funding and pay issues |
2025-01-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Roderic O'Gorman (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Anne Rabbitte (Minister of State), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Finance
Intent: A meeting with the Taoiseach, to address issues raised in the letter, and for steps to be taken to advance disability rights in the next Programme for Government
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | ODG response to Budget 2025 and priorities for the next Programme for Government |
2025-01-17
Politician(s) lobbied: Roderic O'Gorman (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Anne Rabbitte (Minister of State), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Michael Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pauline Tully (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Canney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Simon Coveney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Dessie Ellis (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Frank Feighan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gary Gannon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brian Leddin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Tom Clonan (Senator), Seanad; Eileen Flynn (Senator), Seanad; Erin McGreehan (Senator), Seanad; Fiona O'Loughlin (Senator), Seanad; Mary Seery Kearney (Senator), Seanad
Intent: Policy that expands access and funding for PA services with a rights-based model
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Personal Assistance Services |
2025-01-17
Politician(s) lobbied: Noel Byrne (Special Adviser), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Anne Rabbitte (Minister of State), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Intent: Funding for disability related measures in Budget 2025 (see specific asks at: https://www.disability-federation.ie/publications/dfi-pre-budget-submission-2025/)
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Pre-Budget Submission 2025 |
2024-09-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Mary Seery Kearney (Senator), Seanad; Micheál Carrigy (Senator), Seanad; Alan Farrell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Fergus O'Dowd (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Annie Hoey (Senator), Seanad; Mark Wall (Senator), Seanad; Neasa Hourigan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Patrick Costello (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul McAuliffe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pauline Tully (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mark Ward (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ruairí Ó Murchú (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe O'Reilly (Senator), Seanad; Malcolm Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Tom Clonan (Senator), Seanad; Violet Anne Wynne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gino Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Canney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Denis Naughten (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathal Berry (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Matt Shanahan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Verona Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Holly Cairns (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cian O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Róisín Shortall (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Funding for disability related measures in Budget 2025 (see specific asks at: https://www.disability-federation.ie/publications/odg-budget-2025/)
Methods: Lobby day
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | ODG Pre-Budget Submission 2025 |
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