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Politician(s) lobbied: Finian McGrath (Minister of State), Department of Health; Mark Daly (Senator), Seanad
Intent: Our intention was to find a state body that would fund our core expenses, Advocacy and Health services to the Deaf community.
Methods: Email, Meeting, Phone call
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Irish Deaf Society along with Senator Mark Daly and Minister Finian McGrath continued to lobby to find a funder to provide core funding for operation of the Society. Contact included 2 meetings |
| — | emails and phone calls. |
Politician(s) lobbied: Mark Daly (Senator), Seanad
Intent: We have met Minister Finian McGrath twice on 13th February and 26th April 2018 along with representatives from Pobal and PA to the Taoiseach. They listened and asked questions in relation to our submitted and they would decided in the coming weeks
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Irish Deaf Society submitted a proposal for core funding from the State and Senator Mark Daly lobbied on our behalf |
Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown
Intent: On 14th December the ISL Bill was passed at the Dail and the Seanad the following day, then the President of Ireland signed the bill into law on Christmas Eve.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Irish Deaf Society along with Senator Mark Daly and Minister Finian McGrath continued to lobby to have Irish Sign Language (ISL) Bill to be passed in both houses of the Oireachtas |
Politician(s) lobbied: Mark Daly (Senator), Seanad
Intent: I have contacted many department such as finance, justice, health etc and forward the submssion to them to support during their pre-budget meetings.
Methods: Submission
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Irish Deaf Society (IDS) have submitted a pre-budget application for core funding from the governemnt as we never got one in the past. |
Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown
Intent: The Bill was passed unamiously on the third stage of the Senead and move on to the fourth stage in the Autumn
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Irish Deaf Society (IDS) and Senator Mark Daly submitted the Irish Sign Language Bill to the Senead to debate on the third stage and was passed on 21st June 2017 |
Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown
Intent: Many TD's and Senators have shown support for the recogntion of ISL and now on to third state committee level in the Seanad.
Methods: Social Media
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | On 19th Sept Minister Finian McGrath launched the Irish Sign Language Awareness week to promote Irish Sign Language (ISL) nationally. on 28th Sept Caoimhg Caolain chaired the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality on ISL and published report on 13th October. On 19th October the ISL Recogniton Bill was passed at 2nd Stage of Seanad with no objection from the Governement. Dail Debate on ISL was made on 10th November. |
Politician(s) lobbied: Mark Daly (Senator), Seanad
Intent: We were informed that FF will table the motion of our Bill before the General Election at the Seanad.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Senator Mark Daly invited two Irish Deaf Society Board Director and myself CEO to attend the Fianna Fail Parliament Party meeting to lobbying for the Irish Sign Language (ISL) Recognition Bill as they were planning to re-introduce the Bill early in the 2016 |