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2024-09-05
Politician(s) lobbied: John McGuinness (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Paul Phelan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kathleen Funchion (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Malcolm Noonan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To ensure adequate funding for service delivery in 2025
Methods: Letter, Phone call
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | To lobby for an increase of 14% on UBU projects in 2025 Budget |
2024-05-08
Politician(s) lobbied: Hildegarde Naughton (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John McGuinness (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Tom Clonan (Senator), Seanad
Intent: Increased funding for the community and voluntary sector to continue to deliver services, taking into account pay, non pay and management cost associated with running projects within the community and voluntary sector::To create awareness of sibling project and to seek support to mainstream project
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Increase Funding for Community and Voluntary Sector who are delivering services for the state e.g. YDP |
| — | UBU |
| — | Section 39 |
| — | To ask that a funding model be developed agreed and costed so that organisations can pay staff and can fully cover the costs of providing services as set out in SLA with Departments and intermediary bodies. To look for additional funding to support sibling programme for siblings of children with disabilities |
2023-01-03
Politician(s) lobbied: Malcolm Noonan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Paul Phelan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John McGuinness (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Andrew McGuinness (Councillor), Kilkenny County Council; Kathleen Funchion (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Fleming (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Create awareness of the in adequate funding allocated to Youth Sector by DCEDIY in Budget 2023.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Emails to the following public representatives |
| — | Malcolm Noonan T.D. |
| — | John Paul Phelan T.D. |
| — | John McGuinness T.D. |
| — | Councillor Andrew McGuinness Kathleen Funchion T.D. and Sean Fleming. The purpose of correspondence was to highlight that the 1.6% increase to Youth Service Programmes announced by DCEDIY in budget 2023 was insufficient and to ask for their support to lobby for a 6% increase on 2023 Youth Service Budget |
2022-09-14
Politician(s) lobbied: Malcolm Noonan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To access additional funding to upgrade community and youth facilities
Methods: Phone call
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Telephone communication with Minister Malcolm Noonan's Constituency Office seeking advice on Capital funding available for upgrading community and youth facilities |
2022-01-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Roderic O'Gorman (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Intent: Ref UBU Scheme a) Parity of esteem for all partners involved in the implementation of the scheme. b) Funded Organisations to be able to represent themselves directly to the DCEDIY (maybe through their parent body) c) Fair and transparent appeals process to deal with disputes between the Intermediary Body & Funded Organisations. d) Complaints/whistleblower policy should an issue arise with either the Intermediary body or the Funded Organisation. e) Review of financial rules on expenditure.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | In person meeting with Minister Roderick O Gorman regarding the following programmes UBU |
| — | YIC YSG seeking a review of UBU Scheme Rules |
| — | the importance of YSG in the coordination of local youth services |
| — | increase of YIC funding nationally |
2021-05-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Malcolm Noonan (Minister of State), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Intent: Additional funding of €32,314 to Kilkenny Rural UBU Project
Methods: Virtual Meeting, Email, Phone call
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Zoom meeting with Minister Malcolm Noonan (8/2/2021 to brief him on his upcoming meeting with Minister Roderick O Gorman on 10/02/2021 to seek additional funding for Kilkenny Rural UBU programme to ensure service in Castlecomer area |
2021-01-04
Politician(s) lobbied: Malcolm Noonan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Fleming (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Brennan (Councillor), Kilkenny County Council; Pat Fitzpatrick (Councillor), Kilkenny County Council
Intent: Increased funding for Youth Work Nationally and increased funding for Rural UBU Scheme Kilkenny to ensure that existing youth services can continue in Castlecomer.
Methods: Email, Virtual Meeting, Phone call
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Letter to Malcolm Noonan TD and letter Sean Fleming TD to advocate for increase in Youth Work Funding as set out in NYCI National Campaign for increase of 4% in Youth Work Budget 2021. Communication with Cllr Pat Fitzpatrick |
| — | Cllr John Brennan & Malcolm Noonan TD to look for additional funding through UBU scheme to support youth work in Castlecomer. |
2020-08-31
Politician(s) lobbied: Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Malcolm Noonan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John McGuinness (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Paul Phelan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eamon Ryan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Leo Varadkar (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To support the Youth Sectors position that the DCYA should remain a seperate department
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | New Programme for Government where it was suggested that the Department of Children and Youth Affairs maybe subsumed into the Department of Education and skills |
2018-01-17
Politician(s) lobbied: John Paul Phelan (Minister of State), Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pat Deering (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To inform TDs of the implications of the reform (positive & negative) on local voluntary services.
Methods: Event / Reception
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Youth Work Act & Reform of Youth Service Programme under the VFMPR Process being led by Youth Affairs Section of the DCYA |
2017-01-04
Politician(s) lobbied: David Fitzgerald (Councillor), Kilkenny County Council; Breda Gardner (Councillor), Kilkenny County Council; Joe Malone (Councillor), Kilkenny County Council; Andrew McGuinness (Councillor), Kilkenny County Council; Malcolm Noonan (Councillor), Kilkenny County Council; Maurice Shorthall (Councillor), Kilkenny County Council
Intent: To secure local authority funding for youth service programme and service at the 2016 level or higher
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | To seek support for continued local authority financial support for Youth Service Programme and service at 2016 level or higher |