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2025-07-29
Politician(s) lobbied: Dara Calleary (Minister), Department of Social Protection
Intent: To highlight a number of social welfare policies that negatively impact on one-parent families, which in turn is contributing to higher than necessary child poverty rates. We listed the areas we are concerned about and requested the Minister look for them to be reviewed by the Department of Social Protection. We asked to discuss these areas of concern with the Minister for Social Protection and the need for a review of same. We asked to discuss these issues in further detail with the Minister.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Social Protection policies that impact on lone parents and their children |
2025-07-29
Politician(s) lobbied: Peter Finnegan (Secretary General), The Houses of the Oireachtas Service; Seán Fleming (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Brady (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Micheál Carrigy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Matt Carthy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Connolly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Rose Conway-Walsh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathal Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mairéad Farrell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alan Kelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Lahart (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Erin McGreehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Conor D McGuinness (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aindrias Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig Rice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Barry Ward (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Naoise Ó Muirí (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Maria Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Lorraine Clifford-Lee (Senator), Seanad
Intent: To outline the concerns held by civil society organisations in relation to engagement with Oireachtas Committees and to seek that a plan be formulated to address these concerns.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Co-signed letter outlining engagement issues civil society orgs are experiencing with Oireachtas Committees |
Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown
Intent: To inform Oireachtas members of a set of asks from a number of civil society organisations in relation to better meeting the needs of one-parent families.
Methods: Unknown
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Joint pre-budget submission launch invite and sent a copy of this document |
2025-07-13
Politician(s) lobbied: Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: That Government set up a child payment scheme to ensure families in IPAS can provide for their children's needs. The current payment for children under the Daily Expenses Allowance is insufficient to cover their needs.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Co signed a letter sent to the Editor of the Irish Times |
| — | organised by the Children's Rights Alliance |
| — | in relation to the need for Government to establish a child payment for families who are in IPAS. This payment was committed to two years ago and funding made available in the previous two budgets but the necessary scheme has not yet been set up and is still under consideration according to the Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan. |
2025-07-13
Politician(s) lobbied: Jim O'Callaghan (Minister), Department of Justice
Intent: Requested to meet with the Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Wrote to Min for Justice Jim O'Callaghan to introduce One Family and the areas that we work in that relate to the Dept of Justice. These included pilot Child Contact Centres and our Separating Well for Children programme that require funding over the next three years. We also brought up the need for court reform to ensure the safety of children |
| — | the future Family Justice Strategy and family justice reform. |
Politician(s) lobbied: Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Holly Cairns (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Richard Boyd Barrett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Micheál Martin (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of the Taoiseach; Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Roderic O'Gorman (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Mary Lou McDonald (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Chris Pender (Councillor), Kildare County Council; Mary Seery Kearney (Senator), Seanad; Eoin Ó Broin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gary Gannon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Donnelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To inform political party leaders of our priority asks ahead of General Election 2024
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | One Family Election Manifesto ahead of GE 2024 |
Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Heather Humphreys (Minister), Department of Social Protection; Micheál Martin (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of the Taoiseach; Roderic O'Gorman (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Paul McAuliffe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoin Ó Broin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Bríd Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gary Gannon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Lynn Ruane (Senator), Seanad; Alice-Mary Higgins (Senator), Seanad; Eileen Flynn (Senator), Seanad; Éamon Ó Cuív (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Neasa Hourigan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Patrick Costello (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To influence politicians to seek enhanced measures for lone parent families in Budget 2025-improved social protection payments, improved access to education for lone parents, reduce food and energy poverty and continue progress with Family Law reform.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Disseminated One Family Pre-Budget Submission |
2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Roderic O'Gorman (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Intent: Asked three Government coalition leaders to sign up to Together For Public pledge for a publicly funded model of Early Childhood Education and school age care system ahead of Budget 2025
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Together For Public pledge for a publicly funded model of Early Childhood Education and school age care system ahead of Budget 2025 |
2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach
Intent: An increase in the payment for children living with families in direct provision.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | To ask Government to roll out enhanced payment for children living in Intl Protection Accommodation |
Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Micheál Martin (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of the Taoiseach; Roderic O'Gorman (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Intent: An increase in this payment (now called the Child Support Payment) and to mantain the age differentiation-more paid for children aged 12 and over.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Co-signed letter with Children's Rights Alliance calling for an increase in the Qualified Child Payment (IQC) ahead of Budget 2025 |
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