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2021-04-29
Politician(s) lobbied: Lynn Ruane (Senator), Seanad
Intent: That the government move towards moving people out of DP emergency accommodation and into normal housing while their case is processed
Methods: Informal communication, Phone call
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Asylum seeker's children and safeguarding |
| — | rights to live in normal accommodation |
| — | ending Direct Provision and standards of care and accommodation |
| — | availability of good quality accommodation. |
2021-01-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Conor Bergin (Councillor), Laois County Council
Intent: To determine if visa applications were still being processed through Budapest embassy::To determine the status of a visa application sent through Budapest embassy
Methods: Informal communication, Phone call, Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Request to know status of visa applications through Budapest embassy were still being processed while covid restrictions were increased |
2020-09-22
Politician(s) lobbied: Conor Bergin (Councillor), Laois County Council
Intent: To determine if a student visa application for a 13 year student is allowed
Methods: Phone call, Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Request to know if student visa applications applied to child who would attend primary or secondary school |
2020-01-10
Politician(s) lobbied: Conor Bergin (Councillor), Laois County Council
Intent: obtain a visa for a disabled orphan to stay with a host family for Christmas
Methods: Informal communication
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Visa for a disabled orphan to stay with a host family for Christmas |
2019-05-19
Politician(s) lobbied: James Kelly (Councillor), Laois County Council; Brian Stanley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Fleming (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Charlie Flanagan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Ending a 2 year delay in acquiring agreement to assign a town planner for Mountrath and district
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Requested support to prioritise the process of assigning a town planner for Mountrath |
2019-01-18
Politician(s) lobbied: Charles Flanagan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To determine if the visa application process would be completed before the Christmas break period
Methods: Informal communication
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Status of a visa application for a disabled Moldovan orphan who was invited to spend christmas with a host family in Ireland |
2018-01-16
Politician(s) lobbied: Katherine Zappone (Minister), Department of Children and Youth Affairs
Intent: Seeking Department of Children and Youth Affairs approval for an intercountry adoption programme with the Republic of Moldova and to support this programme in becoming part of the Adoption Authority of Ireland’s Business Plan
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Examining the Republic of Moldova as a country of origin for adopting children |
2017-08-29
Politician(s) lobbied: Katherine Zappone (Minister), Department of Children and Youth Affairs
Intent: Addition of Republic of Moldova to the Adoption Authority of Ireland's list of countries to be examined as a potential sending country for adoption. Moldovan Government is a signatory to the Hague Convention and has sent an formal request to AAI be a sending country for children on their international adoption register at the beginning of 2017.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Examination of Republic of Moldova as a potential country of origin for adoption |