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2021-09-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Pa Daly (Councillor), Kerry County Council
Intent: To get clarity on specifics criteria
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Query re Medical Care Treatment under EU Regulations |
2021-09-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Pippa Hackett (Councillor), Offaly County Council
Intent: Clarification on policy for Irish born residents returning to Ireland
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Query re Housing For Older Irish People Returning to Ireland |
2019-01-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Foreign Affairs Committee (TD), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Improve position for returning emigrants (to reduce barriers/challenges for returning emigrants)
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Presentation to Foreign Affairs Committee on 29 November 2018 |
2018-01-19
Politician(s) lobbied: Ciaran Cannon (Minister of State for the Diaspora and Overseas Development Aid), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Raise profile and come up with solutions::Document report for submission to DFA and independent Consultants , Indecon to come up with solutions to documented challenges/barriers for returning emigrants.
Methods: Email, Virtual Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Webinar on barriers |
| — | obstacles and opportunities for returning emigrants |
2016-11-29
Politician(s) lobbied: Shane Ross (Minister), Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Intent: Simplified process with reciprocal arrangements from country of previous residence. Many will have driven abroad for over 20 years and have to take up to 12 lessons and then resit the test, the former is duplication and added cost burden to those who can ill afford to do this. Also, Insurance costs are unnecessarily high when many have full no claims bonus.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | To query the process for returning Irish emigrants (who have lived abroad for a very long time) to have to fulfill the criteria to acquire an Irish Drivers licence |
| — | most of whom will have driven abroad for a very long time. Also |
| — | to request that no claims bonus from original country of residency be taken in to account when return to Ireland |