Pro Life Campaign

Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown

Intent: To inform TDs about the life-saving impact of the three-day wait including HSE statistics

Methods: Unknown

Politician(s) lobbied: Michael Collins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mattie McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Healy-Rae (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Danny Healy-Rae (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: To inform Oireachtas members who were interested inspeaking on this issue

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown

Intent: To inform TDs about increasing concerns about coercive abortion in Ireland following recent court cases

Methods: Unknown

Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown

Intent: To inform TDs that the information implied during a Dáil speech that approximately 240 Irish women travel to England each year because their babies were diagnosed with life-limiting conditions was misleading, and clarify the correct information from UK statistics

Methods: Unknown

Politician(s) lobbied: Sharon Keogan (Senator), Seanad; Carol Nolan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Healy-Rae (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mattie McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ken O'Flynn (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Collins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peadar Tóibín (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Lawless (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Richard O'Donoghue (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Fitzmaurice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathal Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eamon Scanlon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Danny Healy-Rae (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Lowry (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Discuss possible plans for Bill on protection of life

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Jim O'Callaghan (Minister), Department of Justice; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health

Intent: In-person meeting with ministers to to discuss Positive Pathways campaign and raise concerns about coercive abortion

Methods: EmailLetter

Politician(s) lobbied: Michael Collins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Carol Nolan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ken O'Flynn (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathal Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mattie McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Cahill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Willie O'Dea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: To elicit answers from the Minister for Health on areas related to abortion policy

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Noel Thomas (Councillor), Galway County Council

Intent: To inform by-election candidate about aims of Positive Pathways campaign and find out his views on this, namely: (1) Reform of MyOptions and information provided to pregnant women.(2) Space for organisations that specifically provide positive support and advice to women during their pregnancy, but do not facilitate abortions.(3) Policy and decision-making to include other perspectives, not only those who advocate for abortion.

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Pat the Cope Gallagher (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eamon Scanlon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Cahill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: To inform government ministers about the objectives of the Positive Pathways campaign, namely: (1) Reform of MyOptions and information provided to pregnant women.(2) Space for organisations that specifically provide positive support and advice to women during their pregnancy, but do not facilitate abortions.(3) Policy and decision-making to include other perspectives, not only those who advocate for abortion.

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Mary Butler (Minister of State), Department of Health; Dara Calleary (Minister of State), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Seán Canney (Minister of State), Department of Transport; Michael Collins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Connolly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathal Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cormac Devlin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alan Dillon (Minister of State), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Albert Dolan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Fitzmaurice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Noel Grealish (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Marian Harkin (Minister of State), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science; Danny Healy-Rae (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Healy-Rae (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Paul Lawless (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mattie McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Carol Nolan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Ó Fearghaíl (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Richard O'Donoghue (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ken O'Flynn (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig O'Sullivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eamon Scanlon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brendan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gillian Toole (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Charles Ward (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Voting against the motion

Methods: Informal communicationPhone call