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2025-09-17
Politician(s) lobbied: Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Claire Kerrane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kiera Keogh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aidan Farrelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ruairí Ó Murchú (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Charles Ward (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Nessa Cosgrove (Senator), Seanad; Chris Andrews (Senator), Seanad; Carol Baxter (Assistant Secretary), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Intent: Adding Socio-economic discrimination as a ground in equality legislation
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Letter to Chairperson of Oireachtas Committee on Children and Equality |
| — | email to Minister and senior officials re socio-economic status in equality legislation |
Politician(s) lobbied: John Paul O'Shea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mark Wall (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Liam Quaide (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pat the Cope Gallagher (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Ardagh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael McNamara (MEP), European Parliament; Luke Ming Flanagan (MEP), European Parliament; Aodhan O'Riordan (MEP), European Parliament
Intent: To influence decision makers to be more conscious of the impact of poverty on the individuals affected and society as a whole by providing information and research in relation to legislation and policy in this area with particular regard to the area of income adequacy, availability of public services, and targeted measures for the most disadvantaged gorups
Methods: Email, Meeting, Submission
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Emails to Members of the Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection |
| — | Community & Local Development requesting to put combatting poverty at the top of the committees agenda |
| — | with particular reference to income adequacy |
| — | accessible public services & measures targeted at the most disadvantaged groups |
2025-09-17
Politician(s) lobbied: Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Claire Kerrane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kiera Keogh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aidan Farrelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ruairí Ó Murchú (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Charles Ward (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Nessa Cosgrove (Senator), Seanad; Chris Andrews (Senator), Seanad; Carol Baxter (Assistant Secretary), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Intent: Adding Socio-economic discrimination as a ground in equality legislation
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Letter to Chairperson of Oireachtas Committee on Children and Equality |
| — | email to Minister and senior officials re socio-economic status in equality legislation |
Politician(s) lobbied: John Paul O'Shea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Introduction to welcome appointment and establish relationship for possible future invitation
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Emailed letter to John Paul O'Shea as the new Chairperson of Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection with follow up emails |
2025-05-01
Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown
Intent: To raise awareness among decision makers and the general public
Methods: Unknown
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Media Statement on CSO Deprivation and SILC Income and Poverty Data for 2024 |
Politician(s) lobbied: Norma Foley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Carol Baxter (Assistant Secretary), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Dean Mulligan (Councillor), Fingal County Council
Intent: Adding socio-economic status as a ground in equality legislation
Methods: Letter, Meeting, Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | As part of campaign by Add the 10th Alliance to add socio-economic status as a ground in equality legislation sent a Letter to Minister Norma Foley seeking a meeting |
| — | emailed and met with a senior Department official and emailed a Councillor |
2025-01-16
Politician(s) lobbied: Micheál Martin (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Mary Lou McDonald (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Roderic O'Gorman (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Richard Boyd Barrett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Lowry (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: For EAPN Ireland priorities and proposals for the next Government to be included in discussions on Government formation, for the next Government to commit to eradicating, not just alleviating, poverty, for all political parties and independent TDs to put ending poverty at the top of the political agenda and to commit to the proposals outlined in our attached letter and manifesto, and for the elimination of poverty to form a central pillar of the next Programme for Government.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | EAPN Ireland priorities for the next Programme for Government |
2025-01-16
Politician(s) lobbied: Micheál Martin (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Mary Lou McDonald (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Roderic O'Gorman (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Richard Boyd Barrett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Lowry (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: For EAPN Ireland priorities and proposals for the next Government to be included in discussions on Government formation, for the next Government to commit to eradicating, not just alleviating, poverty, for all political parties and independent TDs to put ending poverty at the top of the political agenda and to commit to the proposals outlined in our attached letter and manifesto, and for the elimination of poverty to form a central pillar of the next Programme for Government.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | EAPN Ireland priorities for the next Programme for Government |
2025-01-16
Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown
Intent: To share Poverty Watch Ireland 2024, and call on all parties to put the elimination of poverty at the top of the political agenda and forms a central pillar of the Programme for Government. To highlight the key trends and policy on poverty and social exclusion in Ireland, raise awareness about priority issues and the impact of poverty and reality for people experiencing poverty, and propose concrete recommendations on structural and systemic changes needed to address poverty and social exclusion
Methods: Unknown
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | EAPN Ireland Poverty Watch Ireland Report 2024 |
2025-01-16
Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown
Intent: To share Poverty Watch Ireland 2024, and call on all parties to put the elimination of poverty at the top of the political agenda and forms a central pillar of the Programme for Government. To highlight the key trends and policy on poverty and social exclusion in Ireland, raise awareness about priority issues and the impact of poverty and reality for people experiencing poverty, and propose concrete recommendations on structural and systemic changes needed to address poverty and social exclusion
Methods: Unknown
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | EAPN Ireland Poverty Watch Ireland Report 2024 |