Politician(s) lobbied: Louise O'Reilly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Increase the income disregard for One-Parent Family Payment & Jobseekers Transitional Payment in recognition that one-parent families face additional childcare costs and that employment can be a way out of poverty for families. The rate of income disregard should be index linked to reflect the minimum wage
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Increase the income disregard for One-Parent Family Payment & Jobseekers Transitional Payment in recognition that one-parent families face additional childcare costs and that employment can be a way out of poverty for families. The rate of income disregard should be index linked to reflect the minimum wage
Politician(s) lobbied: Louise O'Reilly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Increase the payment to align with the primary welfare payment 45% for under 12, and 55% for over 12.
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Increase the payment to align with the primary welfare payment 45% for under 12, and 55% for over 12.
Politician(s) lobbied: Louise O'Reilly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Increasing the fuel allowance to reflect the rising cost of fuel and the increase in low income households experiencing fuel poverty
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Increasing the fuel allowance to reflect the rising cost of fuel and the increase in low income households experiencing fuel poverty
Politician(s) lobbied: Louise O'Reilly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Recipients of the Working Family Payment should be eligible for the Fuel Allowance
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Recipients of the Working Family Payment should be eligible for the Fuel Allowance
Politician(s) lobbied: Louise O'Reilly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: More kinship carers should be able to avail of the social welfare support payments, either by removing the 'total abandonment of the child' criteria from the Guardian's payment or introducing a kinship care specific payment.
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More kinship carers should be able to avail of the social welfare support payments, either by removing the 'total abandonment of the child' criteria from the Guardian's payment or introducing a kinship care specific payment.
Politician(s) lobbied: Louise O'Reilly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Targeted supports for low income families
Methods: Email
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email about issues arising from client calls
Politician(s) lobbied: Chris Pender (Councillor), Kildare County Council
Intent: Sent link to KFM radio interview to all Kildare politicians and councillors. Chris Pender councillor of Social Democrats Kildare responded and circulated link to interview.
Methods: Informal communication
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Sent link to KFM radio interview to all Kildare politicians and councillors. Chris Pender councillor of Social Democrats Kildare responded and circulated link to interview.
Politician(s) lobbied: Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Intent: DCDE to continue funding KCI and for Minister Foley to be a champion of kinship care in onward discussions on alternative care, to inform Minister of the needs of kinship and the work of KCI.
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting in Leinster House with Minister Norma Foley (Fianna Fail) and the DCDE kinship care policy unit. Damien Peelo & Laura Dunleavy met with minister to give introduction to kinship care, the work of KCI supported by DCDE funding, the challenges experienced by kinship carers and our hopes for future National policy framework on kinship.
Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Mary Butler (Minister of State), Department of Health
Intent: Introduction to Kinship Care Ireland, outline necessity for cross-departmental response to kinship care policy, key ask for outcomes and Budgets to consider: removal of means test for medical cards for children in kinship care, prioritised/access to assessments, interventions and supports for children with kinship experience (akin to priority of children in Alternative Care)
Methods: Email
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Sent an email to request a meeting in advance of budget 2027 discussions, sent detail in email outlining KCI key policy asks for Dept of Health. Follow up email on 06/04/26 with link to most recent 2x radio interviews with KFM & Radio 1 requesting minister to tune into the content specific to Dept of Health and mental health and leadership required for this area relating to kinship/health in a cross department policy for kinship care
Politician(s) lobbied: James Browne (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Intent: Introduction to Kinship Care Ireland, outline necessity for cross-departmental response to kinship care policy, 2x key asks relating to kinship being the Housing Succession Rules & Home Adaptation Grants.
Methods: Email
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Sent an email to request a meeting in advance of budget 2027 discussions, sent detail in email outlining KCI key policy asks for Dept of Housing. Follow up email on 06/04/26 with link to most recent 2x radio interviews with KFM & Radio 1 requesting minister to tune into the content specific to Dept of Housing and leadership required for this area relating to kinship/housing
