Politician(s) lobbied: Frank Feighan (Minister of State), Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform; Sam Griffin (Adviser to Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Aubrey McCarthy (Senator), Seanad; Ruairí Ó Murchú (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Roderic O'Gorman (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mary Lou McDonald (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gary Gannon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Lowry (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Paul O'Shea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; George Lawlor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Encourage the inclusion of measures in the National Public Procurement Strategy which support social procurement.
Methods: EmailMeeting
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Email
Encouraged the inclusion of measures in the National Public Procurement Strategy which support social procurement.
Email
Engaged with Senator McCarthy on the organising of a social enterprise event in Leinster House
Email
Invitations to SERI's 100 Leaders event on 21st May
Email
Request to appoint new social enterprise spokespersons on social enterprise.
Email
Request to present at a Joint Committee regarding social enterprise supports
Email
Role of social enterprises in new State-led childcare initiative
Meeting
To discuss supports for social enterprises.
Politician(s) lobbied: Frank Feighan (Minister of State), Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform; Jerry Buttimer (Minister of State), Department of Rural and Community Development; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Sam Griffin (Adviser to Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Ruairí Ó Murchú (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mairéad Farrell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe Neville (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Maurice Quinlivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Conor D McGuinness (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Louis O'Hara (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Albert Dolan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Canney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter Roche (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alan Dillon (Minister of State), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Paul Donnelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Clendennen (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Additional funding and supports for Ireland's social enterprises.
Methods: EmailMeeting
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Email
Emails to Minister Chambers and his Special Adviser regarding measures to support social enterprise in the upcoming National Public Procurement Strategy.
Email
Emails to TDs thanking them for their contribution to a Dáil debate on social enterprise and requesting a meeting to discuss challenges facing social enterprises.
Email
Invited Deputy Clendennen to join SERI's 100 Leaders Initiaitive
Email
Invited Galway TDs to the National Social Enterprise Conference to learn more about social enterprises.
Meeting
Meetings with Minister Feighan and Minister Buttimer to discuss measures to support social enterprise, including actions in the upcoming National Public Procurement Strategy. Both took place in Leinster House/Government Buildings.
Email
Provided information for TDs to prepare for PQs and a Dáil debate on social enterprise
Politician(s) lobbied: Albert Dolan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Donnelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brian Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Linda Nelson Murray (Senator), Seanad; Aubrey McCarthy (Senator), Seanad; Dara Calleary (Minister), Department of Rural and Community Development; George Lawlor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Clendennen (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Rose Conway-Walsh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Nicholas Gogarty (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Tony McCormack (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Paul O'Shea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; William Aird (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Ardagh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pat the Cope Gallagher (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Johnny Guirke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Louise O'Reilly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Liam Quaide (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter Roche (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mark Wall (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Emer Higgins (Minister of State), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform
Intent: SERI's pre-budget proposals are included in Budget 2026
Methods: Event / ReceptionEmailMeetingVirtual Meeting
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Event / Reception
Asked Minister Emer Higgins to consider including a social enterprise voice on government procurement fora.
Email
Emails to members of the Joint Committees on Enterprise and Join Committees on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development inviting them to attend SERI's Summer Summit and join SERI's 100 Leaders
Meeting
Meeting in Buswell's with Brian Brennan
Meeting
Meeting in Leinster House with Paul Donnelly
Meeting
Meeting with Aubrey McCarty
Meeting
Meeting with Linda Nelson Murray
Event / Reception
Met with Minister Calleary at SERI's Summer Summit
Virtual Meeting
Zoom meeting with Albert Dolan
Politician(s) lobbied: Dara Calleary (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mary Hurley (Secretary General), Department of Rural and Community Development; John Lahart (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Brophy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gary Gannon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Donnelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ged Nash (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Rose Conway-Walsh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aubrey McCarthy (Senator), Seanad; Nicole Ryan (Senator), Seanad
Intent: Increased support for social enterprises from DRCD and DETE.::Social enterprise measures are included in Budget 2026.
Methods: Email
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Email
Invited TDs and officials to SERI's Summit Summit
Email
Sent to Minister Calleary for the following: 1. inviting the Min to attend SERI's Summer Summit2. asking the Min to urgently address delays in DRCD relating to DAF and Trading for Impact implementation3. Requesting a meeting to discuss SERI's pre-budget proposals
Email
Sent to Sec Gen, Mary Hurley, regarding social enterprises funded by Pobal's CSP.
Politician(s) lobbied: Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Finance; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Emer Higgins (Minister of State), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Dara Calleary (Minister of State), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; John Lahart (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mattie McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pauline Tully (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John McGuinness (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marc Ó Cathasaigh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sam Griffin (Adviser to Minister), Department of Finance; Jack O'Donnell (Special Adviser), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Fiona O'Connor (Special Adviser), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Rose Conway-Walsh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jim O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul McAuliffe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Bernard Durkan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Canney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marian Harkin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Lowry (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Barry Heneghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Noel Grealish (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Healy-Rae (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Danny Healy-Rae (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Secure measures to support social enterprise in Budget 2025 and in the manifestos of political parties, including increased funding, legislative change and access to business supports.
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting
Met with a number of TDs pre-budget and pre-election to request that social enterprise measures be included in Budget 2025 and party election manifestos. The list of TDs we met is included below.
Politician(s) lobbied: Bernard Durkan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathal Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Claire Kerrane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Brophy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Emer Higgins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gary Gannon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ged Nash (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Heather Humphreys (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jack Chambers (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jim O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Lahart (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John McGuinness (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Louise O'Reilly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mairéad Farrell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marc Ó Cathasaigh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Neale Richmond (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Patrick Costello (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Donnelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pauline Tully (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Rose Conway-Walsh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Simon Harris (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sorca Clarke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Thomas Gould (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Violet Anne Wynne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: The measures in our pre-budget submission are included in the budget and our manifesto asks are included in party manifestos.
Methods: EmailVirtual MeetingMeeting
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Email
We emailed TDs requesting meetings to discuss our pre-budget submission and manifesto asks.
Virtual Meeting
We met virtually with TDs to discuss our pre-budget submission and manifesto asks.
Meeting
We met with TDs to discuss our pre-budget submission and manifesto asks.
Politician(s) lobbied: Peter Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: We requested the opportunity to meet to explore avenues through which we can collaboratively work towards achieving a more inclusive support framework for social enterprises.
Methods: Letter
Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach
Intent: Additional support for social enterprises in the next National Social Enterprise Policy.
Methods: Letter
Politician(s) lobbied: Emer Higgins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Brophy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Simon Coveney (Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Increase accessibility of Local Enterprise Office supports for social enterprises.
Methods: LetterMeeting
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Letter
Letter sent to Minister Coveney
Letter
Letter sent to Minister Higgins
Meeting
Meeting with Colm Brophy
Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Coveney (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Intent: Introduction of measures in our pre-budget submission to address 10 roadblocks facing the social enterprise sector.::In light of a recent €9 million funding increase for Local Enterprise Offices, we wrote to the Minister for Enterprise asking him to consider allocating a portion of this funding to make Local Enterprise Office services and funding accessible to social enterprises across Ireland.
Methods: Email
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Email
The email was sent on 18th October 2023.
