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Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 7)
2025-09-18
Politician(s) lobbied: Pádraig Rice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Cahill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sorca Clarke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig O'Sullivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter Roche (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marie Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Manus Boyle (Senator), Seanad; Maria Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Tom Clonan (Senator), Seanad; Teresa Costello (Senator), Seanad; Nicole Ryan (Senator), Seanad; Aisling Dempsey (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul McAuliffe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ken O'Flynn (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Claire Kerrane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Nikki Bradley (Senator), Seanad; Micheál Carrigy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter 'Chap' Cleere (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Laura Harmon (Senator), Seanad; Séamus Healy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Margaret Murphy O'Mahony (Senator), Seanad; Ruairí Ó Murchú (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Liam Quaide (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Maurice Quinlivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gillian Toole (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To brief Members of the Oireachtas on home care issues (Statutory Home Support Scheme; Addressing waiting lists/unmet need; workforce development). ::Inform Members of Oireachtas Health & Disability Matter Committees about HCCI's policy priorities ::To meet members of both Committees and other Members::To include home care issues in both Committees work programmes
Methods: Email, Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Engagement with Oireachtas Members on home care issues |
2025-09-18
Politician(s) lobbied: Grace Rothwell (National Director for Access and Integration), Health Service Executive; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health
Intent: To outline concerns about the proposed 5% cut to the rate for HSE Paediatric Home Support::To gain clarity on the rate review process for Paediatric Home Support.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Paediatric Home Support Rate Review |
2025-09-18
Politician(s) lobbied: Micheál Martin (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Simon Harris (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: To stop the proposed 17% increase in personal injury awards
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Insurance Reform |
2025-05-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown
Intent: Disseminate HCCI report 'HCCI Data Series Issue 4 - Waiting Lists in 2024' ::Inform representatives of the home support waiting lists nationally & locally::Build support for policy recommendations to tackle waiting lists::Disseminate HCCI briefing note on key home care developments in 2025.::Inform representative on key home care developments in 2025 including waiting lists, the Statutory Home Support Scheme and the Commission on Care.
Methods: Unknown
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Dissemination of HCCI publications/briefing notes |
Politician(s) lobbied: Pádraig Rice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marie Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ruairí Ó Murchú (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Kyne (Senator), Seanad; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Kieran O'Donnell (Minister of State), Department of Health; Hildegarde Naughton (Minister of State), Department of Health; Micheál Carrigy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Victor Boyhan (Senator), Seanad; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Natasha Newsome Drennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Bernard Gloster (Chief Executive Officer), Health Service Executive; Aisling Dempsey (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To inform representatives on key issues impacting the home care sector (waiting lists, statutory home support scheme, funding & workforce development).::To build support for HCCI policy recommendations on home care issues. ::To build relationships with Health & Disability Ministers & spokespeople.::To inform representatives on the appointment of Frances Fitzgerald as HCCI Chair
Methods: Meeting, Virtual Meeting, Email, Informal communication
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Meetings and briefings on general home care issues & HCCI updates |
2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Padráig Mac Lochlainn (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pearse Doherty (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Patricia Ryan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pauline Tully (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marian Harkin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Róisín Shorthall (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To inform TDs of changes to HSE home support waiting list management that could impact their constituents or is relevant to their brief as health or older person spokesperson. ::To receive clarity on what service users would be impacted by the change and if the change would be isolated to CHO 1 or be applicable to other areas of the country. ::To achieve a positive resolution to funding issues that resulted in the cessation of home care hours and have normal service resumed as soon as possible.
Methods: Email, Phone call
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Home care providers received a notification that the HSE would cease issuing additional home care hours for older people on the waiting list for home support in HSE Community Health Office 1. |
2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Siobhán McArdle (Assistant Secretary), Department of Health; Robert Watt (Secretary General), Department of Health; Emer Higgins (Minister of State), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Mary Butler (Minister of State), Department of Health
Intent: Secure an additional 500 employment permits for home carers.::Secure commitment from the Department of Health and HSE to develop a workforce strategy for home care. ::Secure funding for workforce measures (primarily increased wage & mileage/travel time payments) as part of the rate review for the HSE Home Support Authorisation Scheme.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Home care workforce issues |
2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Mary Butler (Minister of State), Department of Health; Paul Donnelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marian Harkin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Stanton (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Fiona O'Loughlin (Senator), Seanad; Jack Chambers (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: For Minister of Older People & Mental Health Mary Butler to speak at HCCI's Annual Conference. ::For members to attend a HCCI briefing on home care delivery data in Leinster House. ::For members to attend HCCI's Annual Conference::To assist Right at Home (Home Care Providers) with a visit to their office from local TD Jack Chambers.
Methods: Email, Event / Reception
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Invitations & attendance at HCCI events |
2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Deirdre Heney (Councillor), Dublin City Council; John Stephens (Councillor), Dublin City Council; Supriya Singh (Councillor), Dublin City Council; Donna Cooney (Councillor), Dublin City Council; Christy Burke (Councillor), Dublin City Council; Cat O'Driscoll (Councillor), Dublin City Council; Gayle Ralph (Councillor), Dublin City Council; Edel Moran (Councillor), Dublin City Council
Intent: Inform Councillors on home care issues relevant to their role and their constituents. ::Arrange meetings with Councillors to discuss home care issues
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Engagement with Councillors on home care issues. |
2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown
Intent: To share HCCI publications (Data Series Issue 3: Review of 2023 & Bringing Care Closer to Home: Assessing the Government's Performance on Home Care
Methods: Unknown
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Dissemination of HCCI publications |
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