Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 2)
Social Innovation Growth Fund Ireland Limited trading as Rethink Ireland.
2025-05-21
Intent: Strengthen the partnership with DRCD, Build relationships with new Ministers and invite Minister Buttimer to speak at an upcoming Rethink Ireland event
Details: Discuss the Dormant Accounts Fund, role of social innovation and philanthropy and how Rethink Ireland can support policy
Officials: Jerry Buttimer, Dara Calleary, Bairbre Nic Aongusa, Bernie McNally, Cliodhna O’Neill
Methods: Email to request a meeting with Ministers and Department speak to the following key areas Strengthen the partnership with DRCD, Build relationships with new Ministers - Email, Invite Minister Buttimer to speak at an upcoming Rethink Ireland event delivered a speech and launched a report on behalf of Rethink Ireland -UNESCO and NUIG https://rethinkireland.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Why-Wellbeing-Matters-Youth-Report.pdfEvent: Why Wellbeing Matters: Evaluation of Rethink Ireland Education & Mental Health Funds 2017-2022 Date and Time: Wednesday, 9 April, 10.30am to 2.30pm Location: President’s Hall, The Law Society of Ireland, Blackhall Place, Dublin 7 - Event / Reception, To ask key department ofiicials from DRCD and Department of Education to speak at the launch of the report - Event / Reception
National parents Council Primary
2025-05-19
Intent: Promote the parents voice in matters that affect them and their children in education in the areas outlined relating to legislation and public policy
Details: 1. Complaints/Child Protection/Special Ed 2. Student/Parent Charter 3. Senior Cycle Reform. 4.Behaviours of concern 5. Road map to inclusion
Officials: Helen McEntee, Michael Moynihan, Cliodhna O’Neill, Martina Mannion
Methods: Meeting
IPPN - The Irish Primary Principals' Network
2025-05-12
Intent: To secure the piloting of an Administrative Executive role in primary schools.
Details: Action Research Project - Administrative Executive Role
Officials: Dalton Tattan, Cliodhna O’Neill
Methods: Three virtual meetings took place on the following dates; 24th January, 28th February and 11th March. - Virtual Meeting
Secretariat of Secondary Schools
2025-05-12
Intent: Additional resources and supports for voluntary secondary schools and in particular increased deputy principal positions.
Details: Pre-budget Submission 2026
Officials: Anne-Marie Sherkle, Aoife Conduit, Bernie McNally, Dalton Tattan, Deirdre McDonnell, Gavan O’Leary, Hubert Loftus, Martina Mannion, ...
CHILDREN'S RIGHTS ALLIANCE - REPUBLIC OF IRELAND LIMITED
2025-01-20
Intent: To influence decision-making for Budget 2025 including the need to target increases to income supports by raising the Increase for a Qualified Child; Invest in the roll out for the new Equal Start Model to address poverty and disadvantage in childcare settings; Increase Tusla’s overall budget to support its core child protection and welfare system. Extending free schoolbooks; investing in supports for non-DEIS schools and alternative education. Support for food poverty initiatives.
Details: To lobby for specific measures to tackle child poverty in Budget 2025
Officials: Roderic O'Gorman, Micheál Martin, Simon Harris, Bernie McNally, Cliodhna O’Neill, Elizabeth Canavan, Mary Seery Kearney, Marie Sherlock, ...
Methods: Regarding the need to prioritise funding for non-DEIS schools and for alternative education in Budget 2025. - Phone call, Letter to key decision makers about the need to target increases in child income supports towards raising the Increase for a Qualified Child. - Letter, Regarding the need to increase investment in the Equal Start funding model to tackle poverty and disadvantage in early years settings. - Phone call, ...
Educate Together
2025-01-20
Intent: Met with Cliodhna O'Neill to inform her of Educate Together's position on school funding, developing schools, student participation, reconfiguration and parental complaints and to hear her views.
Details: Discussed school funding, developing schools, student participation, reconfiguration and parental complaints.
Officials: Cliodhna O’Neill
Methods: Met Cliodhna (DE Acting Asst Sec – Schools & Governance) on 5/9/24 for coffee to discuss schools funding, developing schools, student participation, reconfiguration and parental complaints. - Meeting
The Representative Church Body
2025-01-17
Intent: Increased resourcing in Budget 2025 for schools.
Details: Submission on Budget 2025
Officials: Norma Foley, Cliodhna O’Neill
Methods: To Department of Education seeking increased funding for schools in Budget 2025 - Submission
IPPN - The Irish Primary Principals' Network
2025-01-10
Intent: School Ledership and governance reform.
Details: Current and Future school Governance Structures
Officials: Cliodhna O’Neill, Tomás Ó Ruairc, Dalton Tattan
Methods: One meeting took place on the 23rd September in the Department offices on Marlborough Street. - Meeting
IPPN - The Irish Primary Principals' Network
2025-01-10
Intent: We were seeking discreet leadership time for primary school principals and deputy school principals. ::Increased administrative supports for school leaders and boards of management
Details: School Leadership Meeting
Officials: Dalton Tattan, Cliodhna O’Neill
Methods: One meeting took place in the Department offices on Marlborough street on the 16th December. - Meeting
Irish Second-Level Students' Union (ISSU)
2024-09-20
Intent: Changes to assessment / Meeting of the Senior Cycle Redevelopment Partners' Forum / Commitment to inclusion of stakeholders in advance of policy announcement / Second-level mobile phone ban
Details: Senior Cycle Redevelopment / Curriculum and assessment
Officials: Cliodhna O’Neill, Dalton Tattan, Yvonne Keating, Andrea Feeney
Methods: Meeting