Intent: To raise awareness of report findings and garner support for the recommendations.
Details: To secure meetings and engage with elected/ designated officials in order to communicate the findings of Healthy Homes Ireland's report; 'Our place: Towards Healthier Greener Homes'.
Emailed Housing Minister James Browne's office on [6 May] to follow up on request sent (25 April) inviting him to address the launch of the Home User Guide at the Healthy Homes Ireland Forum on Tuesday 27 May at Buswells Hotel. Requested that the invite be forwarded on to another Junior Minister in DHLGH if Minister Browne was unable to attend. - EmailEmailed Minister of State Kieran O'Donnell [13 May,19 May, 23 May] to follow up on request for him to address the launch of the Home User Guide at the Healthy Homes Ireland Forum on Tuesday 27 May. - EmailEmailed several DPOs on [4 June] who had been invited to, but were unable to attend the Healthy Homes Ireland Forum breakfast event to provide them with a brief recap of the event and attach some photos. - Email
Intent: Increased funding for adult literacy in Budget 2026, specifically for(1) adult literacy provision in ETBs(2) Learn with NALA(3) community education(4) PIAAC mid-cycle survey(5) plain language training in government departments
Our pre-budget submission was sent as attachment to email on 30 July to elected representatives and officials in:- Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science- Department of Finance- Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and DigitalisationAlso to members of the Oireachtas Committee on Further Education, Research, Innovation and Science, and senior staff in SOLAS.https://www.nala.ie/publications/our-asks-for-budget-2026/ - Submission
Intent: Advocated for the need to make apprenticeships work better for smaller businesses through formalising the 'administrative transfer leave' option
Details: Submission to the SOLAS consultation on the Further Education and Training Strategy 2025-2029
Intent: Advocated for the introduction of a training voucher system to allow SMEs to invest in staff upskilling in critical areas relevant to their businesses without having to wait for formal programme development
Details: Submission to the SOLAS consultation on the Further Education and Training Stratgey 2025-2029
Intent: To raise awareness of report findings and garner support for the recommendations.
Details: To secure meetings and engage with elected/ designated officials in order to communicate the findings of Healthy Homes Ireland's report; 'Our place: Towards Healthier Greener Homes'.
Invited several DPOs including TDs, Senators, civil and publicservants from relevant government departments and agencies to the Healthy Homes Ireland Forum breakfast event in Buswells Hotel [27 May 2025]. The event will mark the launch of the Home User Guide, a publication developed by the Irish Green Building Council with the support of Construct Innovate and Cairn Homes. - EmailOn [25 April 2025] invited Minister for Housing James Browne to address the launch of the Home User Guide developed by the Irish Green Building Council with the support of Construct Innovate and Cairn Homes at a meeting of the Healthy Homes Ireland Forum on 27 May 2025. Subsequently corresponded with Minister Browne's office to ask that the invite be passed on to a junior ministerial colleague in his department. - Email
Key stakeholders and decision makers were invited to the annual AONTAS Star Awards held at Croke Park on March the 7th. The aim of this activity was to showcase best practice in the community education and generate support for the sector in budgetary and policy making processes. - Email
Key decision makers, and stakeholders were invited to attend “From Politics to People”, our Adult Learners' Festival 2025 Policy Discussion on Monday 3 March. This event brought together AONTAS members, adult learners, and policy makers to demonstrate to the new Government that community education is the policy solution they need in response today’s societal challenges. - Email
Intent: To request the strong inclusion of Universal Design in the goals of the new strategy::Enquiring about potential for funding to support implementation of the Altitude Charter on Universal Design in Education.
