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: The proposals presented in FCIs Pre-Budget Submission adopted in Budget 2027
Details: Invitation to attend Carers’ Priorities for Budget 2027 Town Halls events taking place from Aug 31 to September 14 in 19 locations across the country.
Intent: To seek support for the pub sector in Budget 2027
Details: Budget 2027
Intent: Called on the Government to withdraw the Bill before Seanad Éireann and urged Senators and all members of the Oireachtas to oppose it due to concerns over its ISDS clauses and the trade agreements it would facilitate. Also called for rejection of trade agreements containing ISDS provisions and for Ireland to use its influence to promote more progressive EU trade policy.
Details: Arbitration (Amendment) Bill 2025
Intent: Secure support for proposals to support small and local landlords
Details: IPOA Pre-Budget Submission 2027
Intent: Aquaculture & Water Quality::To stress that it is important that public discussion around aquaculture and water quality is grounded in evidence. There is often an assumption that aquaculture is primarily a pressure on marine water quality. However, that narrative is incomplete and, in many respects, misleading when applied to the Irish context.::To highlight that shellfish farming, by its nature, provides environmental benefits. Shellfish are filter feeders that remove nutrients from the water column, improve water clarity, enhance bacterial denitrification and contribute to nutrient sequestration. In this sense, shellfish production can support improved water and habitat quality and assist in mitigating eutrophication pressures in coastal waters.::That, in relation to finfish farming, it is acknowledged that nutrient inputs require careful management. However, current Water Framework Directive classifications show Irish coastal waters to be primarily of high or good status for water q
Details: Aquaculture and Water Quality
Intent: To inform public representatives of our Pre Budget Submission with a view to securing meetings later in the year year with them.
Details: Submission of Pre Budget Submission
Intent: To ensure awareness is raised about the importance of adequate obligation rates for low carbon liquid fuel being included in the Renewable Heat Obligation scheme
Details: To inform members of the Oireachtas about changes required to the Renewable Heat Obligation scheme bill
Intent: Increased awareness and understanding, and action, relief or intervention at policy or legislative level in relation to rapid, large-scale increase in the radio levy, without warning; the need for action in legislation or in the context of the Budget, including accessible and ringfenced funding for the sector.
Details: Communicating the concern of IBI Members about the large-scale increase in the regulatory levy of radio broadcasters and seeking action on that issue as well as on the Independent Broadcasters of Ireland budget submission.
Intent: The Oireachtas Member would lobby the Ministers and HSE on our behalf, raise the matters discussed in the chamber, and advocate overall for an increase in provision for Parkinson's care in Ireland.
Details: Lobbied the Oireachtas Member on funding for our dedicated counselling service, and an increase in Parkinson's Nurse Specialists and consultant neurologists.
Intent: Irish Government continued support for victims and survivors and an understanding of the challenges they face in the context of the Good Friday Agreement
Details: Relatives for Justice attended by request of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement a meeting of said committee and gave evidence on the matter of Victims Rights and the British Government's Legacy Act
