Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown
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2026-01-20
27 officialsCurrent/Former DPOFAQ Politician(s) lobbied: Sorca Clarke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul McAuliffe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pat the Cope Gallagher (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Victor Boyhan (Senator), Seanad; Aengus Ó Snodaigh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Lahart (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Garret Kelleher (Senator), Seanad; Alice-Mary Higgins (Senator), Seanad; Marie Sherlock (Senator), Seanad; Colm Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Connolly (Councillor), Galway City Council; Michael Cahill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alan Kelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mark Wall (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Shane Curley (Senator), Seanad; Ryan O'Meara (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Frances Black (Senator), Seanad; Martin Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Margaret Murphy O'Mahony (Senator), Seanad; Alison Comyn (Senator), Seanad; Shane Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Anne Rabbitte (Senator), Seanad; Erin McGreehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Albert Dolan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brendan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Publication by Department of Health of a comprehensive national hearing care plan to reduce public waiting lists for hearing tests and hearing aids in the population, including children.
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting
Meetings with TDs and Senators as part of a day of lobbying held in Leinster House 2000 on Wednesday October 15 2025
2025-09-12
4 officialsCurrent/Former DPOFAQ Politician(s) lobbied: Michael Lowry (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alan Kelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ryan O'Meara (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Intent: To secure funding for Family Resource Centre in North Tipperary
Methods: EmailMeetingPhone call
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Email
Email exchanges with local TDs
Meeting
Meetings held with local TDs and Minister
Phone call
Phone calls with local TDs
2025-09-12
31 officialsCurrent/Former DPOFAQ Politician(s) lobbied: Duncan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Robbie Gallagher (Senator), Seanad; Alan Kelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul McAuliffe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Shane Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ryan O'Meara (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mattie McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Niall Blaney (Senator), Seanad; Imelda Goldsboro (Senator), Seanad; Shane Curley (Senator), Seanad; Eoin Ó Broin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Christopher O'Sullivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brendan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Teresa Costello (Senator), Seanad; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Erin McGreehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Lahart (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Danny Healy-Rae (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Timmy Dooley (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Anne Rabbitte (Senator), Seanad; Aidan Davitt (Senator), Seanad; Pat the Cope Gallagher (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brian Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Cahill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathal Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Maria Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Tom Clonan (Senator), Seanad; Pádraig Rice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Support among members of Dáil and Seanad Éireann for the establishment of a Clinical Care Programme for patients with lung fibrosis in Ireland by the HSE, and for the additional services needed by those patients.
Methods: Lobby day
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Lobby day
Lobby day held in the Audio Visual Room, Leinster House, on Wednesday June 11th between 10 and 11 am to which members of Dáil and Seanad Éireann were invited to hear a presentation on the need for a Clinical Care Programme for lung fibrosis patients in Ireland, and a document was circulated to them.
2025-05-14
2 officialsCurrent/Former DPOFAQ Politician(s) lobbied: Ciarán Ahern (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pa Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: That the Minister for Transport, as the single shareholder in CIE, would communicate to the Board of CIE that they would sanction an increase in the pension of a specific group of pensioners i.e. members of the 1951 Superannuation Fund
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting
In person meetings with Opposition Spokespersons on Transport, held in Leinster House 2000 during March and April 2025
2025-01-16
7 officialsCurrent/Former DPOFAQ Politician(s) lobbied: Michael Lowry (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pa Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mark Wall (Senator), Seanad; Tom Clonan (Senator), Seanad; Annie Hoey (Senator), Seanad; Robbie Gallagher (Senator), Seanad
Intent: Secure amendments to the Gambling Regulation Bill to meet the concerns of charities regarding the advertising restrictions proposed in the legislation
Methods: EmailPhone call
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Email
Emails to opposition spokespersons on Justice asking them to support amendments to the Gambling Regulation Bill which met the concerns of Charities Institute Ireland regarding the impact on charity fundraising of the Gambling Regulation Bill
Phone call
Phone calls to members of Seanad Eireann asking them to speak in favour of changes to the Gambling Regulation Bill to meet the concerns of Charities Institute Ireland regarding the impact on charity fundraising of the Gambling Regulation Bill
Phone call
Phone calls to members of the Oireachtas seeking support for amendments to the Gambling Regulation Bill to meet the concerns of charities regarding the impact on their fundraising of some provisions of the Bill regarding advertising of certain charity events which come under the definition of gambling under the Bill.
Phone call
Phone calls to opposition spokespersons on Justice and other TDs who were contributing to the Report Stage of the Gambling Regulation Bill to ask them to support amendments which met the concerns of Charities Institute Ireland regarding the impact on charity fundraising of the Gambling Regulation Bill
2025-01-16
5 officialsCurrent/Former DPOFAQ Politician(s) lobbied: Duncan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Lowry (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul McAuliffe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Dónall Geoghegan (Chief of Staff), Department of the Taoiseach
Intent: That the Minister for Transport, as the single shareholder in CIE, would communicate to the Board of CIE that they would sanction an increase in the pension of a specific group of pensioners i.e. members of the 1951 Superannuation Fund
Methods: Phone call
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Phone call
Phone calls were made to members of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport asking them to invite the CIE Pensioners Group to present to the Committee on the issue of their pension and the lack of an increase since 2008.
2024-09-20
5 officialsCurrent/Former DPOFAQ Politician(s) lobbied: Duncan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Lowry (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul McAuliffe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Dónall Geoghegan (Chief of Staff), Department of the Taoiseach
Intent: That the Minister for Transport, as the single shareholder in CIE, would communicate to the Board of CIE that they would sanction an increase in the pension of a specific group of pensioners i.e. members of the 1951 Superannuation Fund
Methods: Phone call
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Phone call
Phone calls were made to members of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport asking them to invite the CIE Pensioners Group to present to the Committee on the issue of their pension and the lack of an increase since 2008.
2024-09-20
7 officialsCurrent/Former DPOFAQ Politician(s) lobbied: Michael Lowry (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pa Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mark Wall (Senator), Seanad; Tom Clonan (Senator), Seanad; Annie Hoey (Senator), Seanad; Robbie Gallagher (Senator), Seanad
Intent: Secure amendments to the Gambling Regulation Bill to meet the concerns of charities regarding the advertising restrictions proposed in the legislation
Methods: EmailPhone call
Details by Method
Email
Emails to opposition spokespersons on Justice asking them to support amendments to the Gambling Regulation Bill which met the concerns of Charities Institute Ireland regarding the impact on charity fundraising of the Gambling Regulation Bill
Phone call
Phone calls to members of Seanad Eireann asking them to speak in favour of changes to the Gambling Regulation Bill to meet the concerns of Charities Institute Ireland regarding the impact on charity fundraising of the Gambling Regulation Bill
Phone call
Phone calls to members of the Oireachtas seeking support for amendments to the Gambling Regulation Bill to meet the concerns of charities regarding the impact on their fundraising of some provisions of the Bill regarding advertising of certain charity events which come under the definition of gambling under the Bill.
Phone call
Phone calls to opposition spokespersons on Justice and other TDs who were contributing to the Report Stage of the Gambling Regulation Bill to ask them to support amendments which met the concerns of Charities Institute Ireland regarding the impact on charity fundraising of the Gambling Regulation Bill
2024-05-17
3 officialsCurrent/Former DPOFAQ Politician(s) lobbied: Duncan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Lowry (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: That the Minister for Transport, as the single shareholder in CIE, would communicate to the Board of CIE that they would sanction an increase in the pension of a specific group of pensioners i.e. members of the 1951 Superannuation Fund
Methods: Informal communication
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Informal communication
Phone calls were made to members of the Oireachtas Transport Committee asking them to attend a briefing in the AV Room in Leinster House and to support a call for them to be invited to present their case to the Oireachtas Transport Committee