Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 4)
Alcohol Action Ireland
Current/Former DPOWhat is lobbying? (FAQ)2025-09-09
Intent: Raise awareness of need for public knowledge of risks from alcohol including liver disease, cancer and FASD. No delay in the introduction of planned alcohol health information labelling
Details: Alcohol health information labelling
Officials: Aisling Dempsey, Alice-Mary Higgins, Ann Graves, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, Barry Andrews, Barry Cowen, Barry Heneghan, Barry Ward, ...
Methods: Emails to selected DPOs listed below. - Email, Text messages to selected DPOs listed below. - Informal communication, Briefing session for Oireachtas members held in Leinster House on 15 May 2025. Speakers from AAI, Royal College of Physicians in Ireland, Irish Cancer Society, academic from Trinity College Dublin. - Event / Reception, ...
Acquired Brain Injury Ireland
2022-01-18
Intent: Policy implemented/investment in neuro-rehabilitation services
Details: Implementing the Neuro-rehabilitation Strategy/Implementation Framework
Officials: Paschal Donohoe, Stephen Donnelly, Mary Butler, David Cullinane, Anne Rabbitte, Alan Kelly, Róisín Shorthall, Colm Burke, ...
Methods: ABII PBS 2022 - Email, Wasted Lives - Email
Ibec
2021-09-20
Intent: Ensure understanding of industry perspectives on the closure of the hospitality sector and its impact on the drinks industry.::Ensure awareness of Drinks Ireland's #TogetherAgain and #BeSound campaigns
Details: Drinks Ireland campaigns in support of hospitality reopening
Officials: Barry Andrews, Colm Markey, Orlaigh Quinn, Declan Hughes, David Hegarty, Deirdre Clune, John Kelly, Louise O'Reilly, ...
Methods: Virtual Meeting, Email
Ibec
2021-09-20
Intent: A balanced and transparent approach to decision-making on the economic reopening timeline, and one which takes a sensitive approach to the social and economic circumstances of the businesses and households::Awareness of the negative effects of a potential curtailment of the reopening of the Experience Economy, in return for ill-defined benefits
Details: Reopening Ireland’s Experience Economy
Officials: Micheál Martin, Leo Varadkar, Eamon Ryan, Paschal Donohoe, Michael McGrath, Norma Foley, Roderic O'Gorman, Charlie McConalogue, ...
Methods: Email, Letter
Ibec
2021-09-20
Intent: Secure commitment to more autonomy to business for the planned phased reopening.::Ensure the roadmap provides absolute clarity and certainty for all businesses to fully reopen as quickly as possible beginning no later than mid-September.
Details: New Covid roadmap
Officials: Micheál Martin, Leo Varadkar, Matthew Lynch, Orlaigh Quinn, Katherine Licken, Catherine Martin, John Shaw, Niamh Allen, ...
Methods: Email, Letter, Informal communication, ...
Alliance for Insurance Reform
2021-05-20
Intent: Recalibrate general damages guidelines to reflect international norms and norms already established by the Court of Appeal::Establishment of the Garda Insurance Fraud Unit::Redefine and re-balance the “common duty of care” to require the occupier to take a duty of care that is reasonable, practical and proportionate .::Publication of a schedule of forecast reductions in insurance costs for planned reforms.::The urgent sourcing of cover for sectors currently unable to source affordable cover via the Insurance Competition Office::The payment by insurers of valid Covid-19 related business interruption claims::Adoption by insurers of appropriate forbearance measures in the light of Covid-19::Reform of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board::Increase in the limit for SMEs allowed to make a complaint to the FSPO from €3m turnover to €10m::The establishment of a State-controlled fraud database::The capping of legal fees
Details: Seeking policy decisions that will reduce the cost of insurance for our members and Irish society as a whole and keep them that way.
Officials: Pearse Doherty, Niall McNelis, Michael McGrath, Helen McEntee, Seán Fleming, Patrick Cluskey, Denis Naughten, Peadar Tóibín, ...
Methods: All regarding the intended results at Section 2 - Email, All regarding the intended results at Section 2. All virtual. - Meeting, Tagging of TDs and Senators on Twitter posts - Social Media, ...
Ibec
2021-05-20
Intent: Clarity for businesses on the reopening timetable for the coming months::Full reopening of further sectors of the economy from May 4th::Material steps to address mental health risks for those working from home::Tackle the significant constraints emerging in relation to public transport::Exemptions for subject matter expert workers from mandatory hotel quarantine::No cliff-edge in supports for business
Details: Review of the Covid-19 Resilience and Recovery 2021: The Path Ahead framework
Officials: Leo Varadkar, Leo Varadkar, Eamon Ryan, Eamon Ryan, Paschal Donohoe, Michael McGrath, Simon Coveney, Simon Coveney, ...
Methods: Email, Letter, Media engagement - Event / Reception, ...
Ibec
2021-01-21
Intent: Support for Ibec's Budget 2021 Submission
Details: Ibec's Budget 2021 Submission
Officials: Brendan Gleeson, Fergal Lynch, Mark Griffin, Katherine Licken, Jacqui McCrum, Seán Ó Foghlú, Jim Breslin, John McKeon, ...
Methods: Email, Letter
Vulcan Consulting Limited
2021-01-21
Intent: To explore the receptiveness of Irish policy makers to telehealth solutions in the context of increasing breastfeeding rates
Details: Increasing breastfeeding rates in Ireland
Officials: Neale Richmond, Jennifer Whitmore, Kathleen Funchion, Colm Burke, Neasa Hourigan, Annie Hoey, Angela Flanagan
Methods: Phone call, Email, Virtual Meeting, ...
Vulcan Consulting Limited
Current/Former DPOWhat is lobbying? (FAQ)2021-01-21
Intent: To discuss the legislative and regulatory steps to provide for the establishment of a medicinal cannabis industry in Ireland
Details: Medicinal Cannabis Policy
Officials: Leo Varadkar, Angela Flanagan, Deirdre Gillane, Susan Mitchell, Brian Murphy, Frank Feighan
Methods: Email, Phone call, Virtual Meeting