National Federation of Voluntary Service Providers Supporting People with Intellectual Disability

Politician(s) lobbied: Holly Cairns (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Liam Quaide (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig Rice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sinéad Gibney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Janet Horner (Councillor), Dublin City Council; Roderic O'Gorman (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Grace O'Sullivan (MEP), European Parliament; Hazel Chu (Councillor), Dublin City Council; Donna Cooney (Councillor), Dublin City Council; Malcolm Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Louise O'Reilly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoin Ó Broin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Thomas Gould (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aengus Ó Snodaigh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Communication of shared priorities across the disability sector

Methods: Event / Reception

Politician(s) lobbied: Malcolm Byrne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Communicating priorities for people with disabilities and service providers to Oireachtas Members

Methods: Phone callEmail

Politician(s) lobbied: Elizabeth Canavan (Assistant Secretary), Department of the Taoiseach

Intent: Information sharing between the National Federation of Voluntary Service Providers and Disability Unit at the Department of the Taoiseach

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Anne Marie Hoey (Chief People Officer), Health Service Executive; Anne O'Connor (Chief Executive Officer), Health Service Executive

Intent: Engagement between the National Federation of Voluntary Service Providers and the HSE to progress matters of shared importance

Methods: Virtual MeetingLetter

Politician(s) lobbied: Colm Ó Conaill (Assistant Secretary), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

Intent: Providing an opportunity for member organisations of the National Federation to engage in the development of the Vision and Strategy for specialist disability services which is currently in development through the Department of Children Disability and Equality

Methods: EmailSubmissionPhone callVirtual MeetingInformal communication

Politician(s) lobbied: Liam Quaide (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Provide input on motion tabled by the Social Democrats and provide information relevant for the subsequent debate

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Paul McAuliffe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seamus McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aisling Dempsey (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Erin McGreehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Cahill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cormac Devlin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Anne Rabbitte (Senator), Seanad; Dee Ryan (Senator), Seanad; Margaret Murphy O'Mahony (Senator), Seanad; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mark Wall (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; George Lawlor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Carrie Smyth (Councillor), Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council; Marie Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Conor Sheehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ciarán Ahern (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Funding to support the key priorities for disabled people as outlined in the ODG's Pre-Budget 2026 Submission

Methods: Event / ReceptionMeeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Hildegarde Naughton (Minister of State), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Colm Ó Conaill (Assistant Secretary), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Michael Brennan (Special Adviser), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

Intent: Funding and resourcing to 1) Respond to unmet need for disability services, 2) Support necessary innovation, and 3) Enable disability service providers to deliver and expand services through sustainability

Methods: EmailMeetingPhone call

Politician(s) lobbied: Colm Ó Conaill (Assistant Secretary), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

Intent: Information sharing in relation to the development of a vision and strategy for the disability sector to 2030 as a successor to the Action Plan.

Methods: EmailMeeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Liam Quaide (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Information on the number of planned residential places delivered for people with disabilities in 2025

Methods: Email