The Big Idea House
Intent: To have a Minister attend the event give opening speech and welcome students, partners and mentors.
Details: Request Minister Attendance at Think B!G Fest
Current memberships may indicate policy relevance. They do not prove why a lobbying contact was made, and may not match membership at the time of older returns.
Intent: To have a Minister attend the event give opening speech and welcome students, partners and mentors.
Details: Request Minister Attendance at Think B!G Fest
Intent: Increased understanding of further progress needed in all the listed areas-resulting in more funding and changes in policy.
Details: Inclusive Education: Allocation, Roles, and Training Needs of Special Education Teachers (SETs) and Special Needs Assistants (SNAs).
Intent: Support for policies and programmes beneficial for Irish beef farmers
Details: Matters of significance to Irish Cattle & Beef farmers
Intent: Awareness raising and improving access to treatments for people with rare diseases.
Details: Rare Disease Policy
Intent: Circulation of a Vodafone report on the importance of secure and resilient digital connectivity as a core pillar of Europe’s security and defence, and the need to recognise it as a strategic security asset
Details: Vodafone report on the importance of secure and resilient connectivity
Intent: Influence policy by making recommendations and amendments to Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026
Details: Email to TDs and senators in relation to the Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026
Intent: How CAP can support young farmers ::Outline changes needed in the next CAP to support Generational Renewal
Details: FG Internal Agriculture Committee on the Common Agriculture Policy Reform
Intent: Share our briefing paper outlining our high-level concerns regarding the proposed Bill, and ask TDs and Senators to raise these concerns within their parties, in representations to the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, and in debates on the Bill.
Details: International Protection Bill 2026
Intent: To seek support for proposals/raise points in Digital Business Ireland report on The Impact of Revised EU Cybersecurity Act on Irish SMEs
Details: EU Cybersecurity Act
Intent: Share Ibec's position on the review of the EU Cybersecurity Act (CSA2) with the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Details: Review of the EU Cybersecurity Act (CSA2)