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: Ireland to commit to a fair and funded phase out of fossil fuels and to support a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty
Details: Climate Justice
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: For Budget 2027, we are calling for urgent investment to tackle overcrowded classroomsand teacher shortages.For Government to make a commitment to provide 1,000 new teaching posts in2026/2027.An end to oversized classes, and an end to substitute roles being covered by unqualifiedpersonnel.
Details: To provide briefing on the INTO Budget Asks and ask to table a motion in support of INTO Pre Budget Briefing
Intent: To inform the Committee on the issue of Marine Protected areas and Fair Seas key asks of forthcoming legislaiton
Details: Fair Seas presentation of written and oral information to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Marine protected areaspplying supplementary evidence to the committee
Intent: To persuade senators to seek to amend the Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2025
Details: Made proposals as to how the Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2025 might be amended to render it compliant with Directive 2006/115/EC.
Intent: To highlight that Ireland currently has approximately 700,000 smokers and 350,000 adult vapers, over half of whom have stopped smoking entirely. This transition away from cigarettes represents a significant public health gain. The Department of Health’s own data indicates that vapers are substantially more likely to quit smoking than users of Nicotine Replacement Therapy.
Details: The Reduced Risk Products Association issued a written update to all Senators ahead of the Public Health (Single-Use Vapes) Bill 2025 Seanad Second Stage debate. The RRPA recognises the intent behind the Bill and supports its focus on addressing environmental concerns and limiting youth access to di, ...
