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Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 23)
2025-09-17
Politician(s) lobbied: Dara Calleary (Minister), Department of Rural and Community Development
Intent: Minister to attend event and launch the framework.
Methods: Letter, Event / Reception
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Request to Minister to open our National Bereavement Forum and officially launch our Bereavement Support Core Competency Framework. |
2025-09-17
Politician(s) lobbied: Kieran O'Donnell (Minister of State), Department of Health
Intent: Follow up meeting with the Minister
Methods: Event / Reception
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | RRaising awareness of the IHF Caru nursing home programme at an information stand in a nursing home that the Minister was visiting. Sought a meeting with the Minister to explore this work further as it has great relevance for our older population. |
2025-09-17
Politician(s) lobbied: Aubrey McCarthy (Senator), Seanad
Intent: Meeting to discuss and raise awareness of these issues.::Follow up invitation to participate in an awareness that Irish Hospice Foundation were producing to highlight new resources we had developed to support people who are dying at home and their loved ones.
Methods: Email, Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Meeting sought to discuss the challenges in the delivery of End-of-Life Care and the lack of sufficient resources available. |
2025-05-19
Politician(s) lobbied: James Geoghegan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jim O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoin Hayes (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aengus Ó Snodaigh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Ardagh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Máire Devine (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jen Cummins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Brophy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Lahart (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ciarán Ahern (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Seek their support to highlight the event locally and attend if possible to learn more about the issues and needs of people who have been bereaved.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Promote awareness of the upcoming Public Event: Living with Grief |
| — | A Bereavement Information Evening with constituents. |
2025-05-19
Politician(s) lobbied: Aubrey McCarthy (Senator), Seanad
Intent: A meeting to discuss same.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Raising awareness about the challenges in the delivery of End-of-Life Care and the lack of sufficient resources available as the Senator had raised the issue in the Seanad |
| — | Irish Hospice Foundation (we) wanted to follow up with him to seek his support in advocating for this area. |
2025-05-19
Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Attendance at the launch of the Strategic Plan and support for our future work in collaboration with her Department
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Request to Minister for Health to attend and launch Irish Hospice Foundation new Strategic Plan 2025 - 2030 |
2025-01-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown
Intent: Awareness of National Grief Awareness Week among all TDs and they are prompted and encouraged to share the information with their constituents.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Promote awareness of National Grief Awareness Week in January 2025. |
2025-01-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Micheál Martin (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Finance; Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Education; Mary Butler (Minister of State), Department of Health; James Lawless (Minister of State), Department of Transport; Cormac Devlin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cian O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Justice; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister of State), Department of the Taoiseach; Martin Heydon (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; James Browne (Minister of State), Department of Justice; Mary Lou McDonald (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Emer Higgins (Minister of State), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Michael Healy-Rae (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Robert Troy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pa Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Réada Cronin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Emer Currie (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: The issues that we highlight are included in the Programme for Government.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Highlighting issues that Irish Hospice Foundation would like to have included in the next Programme for Government. These included reform of the coroners service. |
2025-01-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Micheál Martin (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Finance; Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Education; Mary Butler (Minister of State), Department of Health; James Lawless (Minister of State), Department of Transport; Cormac Devlin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cian O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Justice; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister of State), Department of the Taoiseach; Martin Heydon (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; James Browne (Minister of State), Department of Justice; Mary Lou McDonald (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Emer Higgins (Minister of State), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Michael Healy-Rae (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Robert Troy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pa Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Réada Cronin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Emer Currie (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: The issues that we highlight are included in the Programme for Government.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Highlighting issues that Irish Hospice Foundation would like to have included in the next Programme for Government. These included developing legislation for statutory bereavement leave. |
2025-01-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Micheál Martin (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Finance; Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Education; Mary Butler (Minister of State), Department of Health; James Lawless (Minister of State), Department of Transport; Cormac Devlin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cian O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Justice; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister of State), Department of the Taoiseach; Martin Heydon (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; James Browne (Minister of State), Department of Justice; Mary Lou McDonald (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Emer Higgins (Minister of State), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Michael Healy-Rae (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Robert Troy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pa Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Réada Cronin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Emer Currie (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: The issues that we highlight are included in the Programme for Government.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Highlighting issues that Irish Hospice Foundation would like to have included in the next Programme for Government. These included implementation of the National Adult Palliative Care Policy and development of a register for Advance Healthcare Directives. |
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