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Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 2)
2025-09-03
Politician(s) lobbied: Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Intent: We have prepared a pre-budget submission and circulated it to the Minister, the MOS and staff in the Department and HSE and also to our local representatives (TDs Cllrs ) and our other Local Development partners in this project. We have requested meetings to provide more information and will follow up with emails and phone calls. There may be an event to highlight this pre-budget submission.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | We have contacted Minister Norma Foley T.D. on a number of occasions to discuss continuation / expansion of DCDE / HSE (S39) funding for disabled people to access social farming placements in 2026 |
2025-04-30
Politician(s) lobbied: Martin Heydon (Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Intent: To meet with the Minister and hopefully have him visit a social farm and lean more about the project and what we and social framers do in and through the project thet DAFFM fund.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | A request was sent to the Minister For Agriculture Food Fisheries and the Marine Martin Heydon T.D. to meet with reps of LDC and the social farming Ireland network to talk about the project and to inform the new Minister about Social Farming |
2025-04-30
Politician(s) lobbied: Erin McGreehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To discuss Social farming and various challenges in developing social Farming in 2025 and its inclusion on the new programme for Government etc
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Meeting with Erin Mc Greehan T.D |
2025-04-30
Politician(s) lobbied: Hildegarde Naughton (Minister of State), Department of Health
Intent: To inform the Minister of our work in social Farming and about the issues and challenges in delivering placements for people with disabilities. Also hoping the Minister might visit one of our social farms in our National Network Social Farming Ireland
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | We requested a meeting with the newly appointed Minister of State Hildegarde Naughton |
2025-02-04
Politician(s) lobbied: Pippa Hackett (Super Junior Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Intent: To secure additional funding for Social farming initiatives
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | A pre budget submission was made to DAFM on funding for Social farming seeking additional funding |
2023-09-05
Politician(s) lobbied: Anne Rabbitte (Minister of State), Department of Health
Intent: To discuss further support and funding for social farming participants accessing supports on farm.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | We engaged with minister of state Anne Rabbitte T.D. on a social farm to launch a dedicated HSE fund to all people with disabilities access social farming supports. |
2023-09-05
Politician(s) lobbied: Charlie McConalogue (Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Intent: Continued support and funding for social farming from DAFM
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Meeting with minister Charlie Mc Conalogue T.D. on social farm in Letterkenny on May 5th 2023 discussing social farming and agri-policy and how social farming fits. |
2022-08-31
Politician(s) lobbied: Pat Buckley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Holly Cairns (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Erin McGreehan (Senator), Seanad
Intent: To influence Government policy and programme s to continue to and to sustain support for soail farming
Methods: Meeting, Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | two staff members Brian Smyth and Helen Doherty attended the Oireachteas Committee on Disability matters on May 12th to talk about social farming and how it supports people with disability towards or into employment in the context of the UNCRPD |
2022-08-30
Politician(s) lobbied: Heather Humphreys (Minister), Department of Rural and Community Development
Intent: To get some answers and also to input to these various Programmes and the Government policies to which they are contributing and which we in Leitrim Development Company are involved in delivering on the ground.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | We had engagements and brief discussion with Minister Humphrey's T.D. when she was visiting Leitrim about the new LEADER RDP 2023-207 programme about the Rural Social Scheme |
| — | about Rural Recreation and the community services programme. |
2022-08-30
Politician(s) lobbied: Charlie McConalogue (Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Intent: To lobby for a dedicated national cross departmental fund, particularly involving the Department of Health and HSE, to support people to access placements on Social farms across Ireland.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | We met with Minister Charlie Mc Conalogue |
| — | Minister for Agriculture to discuss Social Farming and sustaining placements and accessibility to social farms for many people around Ireland in future. We are hoping for some funding and structural change which will help this and proposed some of these to the Minister when he visited our office and a social farm near Drumshanbo. |