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: Support for our Budget 2027 proposals: Pay parity for graduates, an increase in Graduate Premiums and in-service days for Early Years and School Age Care settings
Details: Budget 2027
Intent: To demonstrate the benefits of our Community Hub model and/or explore options for partnership delivery in order to seek changes to council approach on service provision for children, young people and communities
Details: Seeking opportunities to partner with local authorities & inform their approach to childcare, youth & community service provision
Intent: To demonstrate the benefits of our Community Hub model and/or explore options for partnership delivery in order to seek changes to State's policy on and/or secure funding for service provision for children and young people in under-served communities
Details: Seeking changes to State's approach to childcare, youth & community service provision
Intent: Secure funding for budget measures
Details: Sought support for the CTTC's budget proposals to secure sustainability supports, VAT-71 modernisation, free fares for under-9s, and school transport funding idexation
Intent: Secure funding for budget measures
Details: Sought support for the CTTC's budget proposals to secure sustainability supports, VAT-71 modernisation, free fares for under-9s, and school transport funding idexation
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 issues discussed were raised in the Dáil.
Details: We held an online meeting with Micheál Carrigy and Emer Currie Fine Gael TD on issues facing the childcare sector on May 26th and asked them to raise it in the Dáil
Intent: Support from government and opposition TDs in relation to funding for primary and secondary school libraries
Details: Emails and mailout to government and opposition TDs and Senators on the subject of funding for school libraries, briefing event for TDs and Senators on same in Leinster House
Intent: To ensure we rebalance the economy away from our dependence of FDI businesses by scaling domestic businesses
Details: Indigenous enterprise policy
Intent: Support the work of the All Party Group on Autism::The full implementation of the Joint Oireachtas Committee Report on Autism and programme for government commitments on Autism
Details: Attended regular meetings of the All Party Group on Autism
