Early Childhood Ireland

Total Lobbying Efforts: 198

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2025-05-16
Politician(s) lobbied: Claire Kerrane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mark Wall (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Geoghegan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aidan Farrelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Meetings with spokespeople and other TDs to brief them on our organisation and our priorities
Methods: Email, Meeting
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Early Childhood Ireland's '4 Asks for Children' and other priorities
2025-05-16
Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown
Intent: Sharing the results of an annual opinion poll, showing public support for various Early Years and School Age Care issues.
Methods: Unknown
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Early Childhood Ireland's Barometer 2025
2025-05-16
Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown
Intent: Support for our priorities with a focus on quality for children, pay parity for graduates and additional investment in Early Years and School Age Care.
Methods: Unknown
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Early Childhood Ireland's policy priorities
2025-05-16
Politician(s) lobbied: Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Intent: Further scrutiny of these recommendations by the Oireachtas
Methods: Letter
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Recommendations by the Judicial Council on insurance
2025-05-16
Politician(s) lobbied: Claire Kerrane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mark Wall (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Parliamentary Questions on specific issues of concern
Methods: Email
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Pay and professionalisation matters in the Early Years and School Age Care system
2025-05-16
Politician(s) lobbied: Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Michael Brennan (Special Adviser), Department of Education; Anne Marie Brooks (Acting Assistant Secretary), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Intent: Support for better Family Leave, pay parity for graduates, improved capacity planning, a new investment target and a 5-year plan for Early Years and School Age Care.
Methods: Letter, Email, Meeting
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Early Childhood Ireland's '4 Asks for Children' and our policy priorities
2025-05-16
Politician(s) lobbied: Naoise O'Cearúil (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mary Lou McDonald (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Anne Marie Brooks (Acting Assistant Secretary), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Intent: Understanding of a range of issues and better supports for children including the planned expansion of the Access and Inclusion Model (AIM)
Methods: Meeting
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Current issues affecting Early Years and School Age Care settings
2025-01-16
Politician(s) lobbied: Holly Cairns (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mary Lou McDonald (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Roderic O'Gorman (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Micheál Martin (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Peadar Tóibín (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Richard Boyd Barrett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Anne Marie Brooks (Assistant Secretary), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Michael Collins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marian Harkin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Connolly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Patrick Costello (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Darragh Moriarty (Councillor), Dublin City Council; John Brady (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mary Seery Kearney (Senator), Seanad; Jennifer Whitmore (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aindrias Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aisling Dolan (Senator), Seanad; Robert Troy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Emer Currie (Senator), Seanad; Brendan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Justice; Neale Richmond (Minister of State), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Education; Catherine Martin (Minister), Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media; Heather Humphreys (Minister), Department of Social Protection; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Finance; Stephen Donnelly (Minister), Department of Health; Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Hildegarde Naughton (Government Chief Whip and Minister), Department of the Taoiseach; Colm Burke (Minister of State), Department of Health; Anne Rabitte (Minister of State), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Martin Heydon (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Joe O'Brien (Minister of State), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister of State), Department of Finance; Mary Butler (Minister of State), Department of Health; Kieran O'Donnell (Minister of State), The Office of Public Works; Malcolm Noonan (Minister of State), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Ossian Smyth (Minister of State), Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; Seán Fleming (Minister of State), Department of Finance; 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; Emer Higgins (Minister of State), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; James Browne (Minister of State), Department of Justice; Cian O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Lowry (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Lawless (Minister of State), Department of Transport
Intent: A commitment to pay parity for Early Years and School Age Care graduates in the next Programme for Government
Methods: Email, Meeting
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Programme for Government
2025-01-16
Politician(s) lobbied: Patrick Costello (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Whitmore (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Richard Boyd Barrett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Bernie McNally (Secretary General), Department of Education; Marian Harkin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Erin McGreehan (Senator), Seanad; Pippa Hackett (Super Junior Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Pauline O'Reilly (Senator), Seanad; David Stanton (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Claire Kerrane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Richard O'Donoghue (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Violet Anne Wynne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Carrighy (Senator), Seanad; Colm Burke (Minister of State), Department of Health; Aindrias Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jerry Buttimer (Senator), Seanad; Gerry Horkan (Senator), Seanad; Emer Currie (Senator), Seanad; Fiona O'Loughlin (Senator), Seanad; Shane Cassells (Senator), Seanad; Aisling Dolan (Senator), Seanad; Michael Healy-Rae (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Johnny Mythen (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alan Farrell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Collins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Robert Troy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Browne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brendan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pat Buckley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Roderic O'Gorman (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Micheál Martin (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Mary Seery Kearney (Senator), Seanad; Holly Cairns (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Lynn Ruane (Senator), Seanad; Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Simon Coveney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Tom Clonan (Senator), Seanad; Seán Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Creed (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ned O'Sullivan (Senator), Seanad; John Brady (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Support for Early Childhood Ireland's '4 Asks for Children': Family Leave; Capacity Planning; New investment target and 5-year implementation plan; Pay parity for graduates in Early Years and School Age Care.
Methods: Meeting, Lobby day, Email
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Budget 2025
2025-01-16
Politician(s) lobbied: Claire Kerrane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: A Parliamentary Question about the proposed publication date of the review.
Methods: Email
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Independent Review of the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Programme