Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 2)
Habitat for Humanity Ireland
2025-09-23
Intent: Encourage DPOs to attend the opening of Habitat's newest ReStore in Glasnevin. This may include an ask to speak at the event or 'officially' open the store, by cutting the ceremonial ribbon.
Details: Habitat ReStore Glasnevin's launch event - invitation
Officials: Ray McAdam, Alan Dillon, Feljin Jose, Cat O'Driscoll, Seamas McGrattan, Colm O'Rourke, Cieran Perry, Gayle Ralph, ...
Methods: Email sent to relevant DPOs in Glasnevin and surrounding areas RE opening of the new social enterprise.Sent w/c 22/09/25 - Email
Sage Advocacy
2025-09-22
Intent: To discuss priority in relation to housing for survivors of industrial and reformatory schools
Details: Relating to systemic advocacy in the area of housing for survivors of industrial and reformatory schools
Officials: Cat O'Driscoll, Christy Burke, Nial Ring, John Stephens, Deirdre Heney, Cieran Perry, Malachy Steenson, Janice Boylan, ...
Methods: Email
Friends of the Earth
2025-09-19
Intent: Requesting a motion put forward by councillors requesting additional, multi-annual funding for retrofitting of local authority homes from the Department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage
Details: Motion on Various Councils on Local Authority Energy Efficiency Programme
Officials: Adrienne Wallace, Andrea Dalton, Noel Connell, Joe Garrihy, Isobel Towse, Alan Coleman, Eoghan Fahy, Dakota Nic Mheanman, ...
Methods: Emailed city and county councillors requesting they put forward motion at their next council meeting requesting additional, multi-annual funding for the local authority retrofit programme. - Email
Irish Cancer Society
2025-09-19
Intent: To ask that Councillors bring a motion to a council meeting for budget towards the roll out of sunscreen dispensers in public places.::To campaign for the need for sunscreen in public places.
Details: Public sunscreen dispensers
Officials: Veralouise Behan, Aoife Breslin, Brian Dooley, Ivan Keatley, Mark Leigh, Bernard Caldwell, Rupert Heather, Nuala Killeen, ...
Methods: Emails to local County Councillors & TD's (as outlined below) including those from Kildare County Council, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown, Monaghan, Louth, Wicklow-Wexford, Dublin City Council, Fingal County Council, Kildare, Dublin West (named below) from 07.07.25 - Email, SMS/Text sent to members of Wexford Council Council, 22.08.25 - Catherine Biddy Walsh, Darragh McDonald, Ger Carthy, Jim Codd, Joe Sullivan, John O'Rourke, Mary Farrell, Oliver Walsh, Paddy Kavanagh - Informal communication, 1 meeting with Cllr David Trost, 25.07.25 - Meeting
Irish Second-Level Students' Union (ISSU)
2025-09-19
Intent: Influencing party programmes. Create discussion. Education of young people.
Details: Participation in ISSU Annual Skills Academy Political Panel Discussing Education, Vote at 16, Active Citizenship
Officials: Roderic O'Gorman, John Walsh, Feljin Jose, Joan Hopkins
Methods: Email invite. - Email, Panel Discussion. - Event / Reception
Irish Wildlife Trust CLG.
2025-05-21
Intent: Have some of our key asks for nature and the environment included with the new Governemnts programme for Government. Get some information about issues happening at EU level and what best we can do at a national level.
Details: Emailed some key recommendations for the Programme for Government including a dedicated nature restoration fund, enactment of the MPA Bill, revision of the legal mandates of state agencies such as Bord na Mona and Coilte, a senior minister position for nature is created. In meetings we spoke about i, ...
Officials: Jack Chambers, James Browne, Darragh O'Brien, Mary Butler, James Lawless, Norma Foley, Micheál Martin, John Paul O'Shea, ...
Methods: Emails to key negotiators from FF and FG parties during the talks around the programme for government - Email, Spoke with MEP Lynn Boylan at a Sinn Fein hosted event on One Island One Environment. Asked about issues at EU level and what we should be doing to ensure environmental legislation is not weakened - Event / Reception, Lynn Boylan hosted an onine meeting to discuss EU issues. Asked about the common fisheries policy and its possible reopening - Virtual Meeting, ...
Habitat for Humanity Ireland
2025-05-16
Intent: Informing local politicians that ReStore Glasnevin will open later in 2025 and engaging them in Habitat's work going forward.
Details: Habitat ReStore Glasnevin - social media outreach. Our Communications team tagged the relevant DPOs on a public announcement post on Instagram, to inform them regarding the launch of ReStore Glasnevin later in 2025.
Officials: Feljin Jose, John Stephens, Gayle Ralph, Seamas McGrattan, Cat O'Driscoll, Colm O'Rourke, Cieran Perry, Paschal Donohoe, ...
Methods: Tagging local councillors and TDs to inform them that Habitat ReStore will open in Glasnevin later this year. Post can be found on Habitat Ireland & ReStore Ireland's Instagram pages: @habitatireland & @restoreireland respectively. - Social Media
Mental Health Reform
2025-01-17
Intent: Invite political reps to MHR's event and discuss Mental Health priorities including funding in Budget 2025 and the Mental Health Bill 2024 (distributing MHR's plain English version of the proposed changes). 'Meet&Greet' - opportunity for elected representatives and/or staff members to learn a bit more about the mental health services and needs in their constituencies.
Details: MHR's event in Leinster House on 18th September; 'Meet&Greet'
Officials: Chris Andrews, Dessie Ellis, Paul Donnelly, Neasa Hourigan, Mark Ward, Aengus Ó Snodaigh, Joan Collins, Darren O'Rourke, ...
Methods: This was a 2hr Meet & Greet in the Coffee Dock of Leinster House where MHR, our members, and people with lived experience were speaking with DPOs who arrived during this time. Topics discussed include: funding for Mental Health in Budget 2025, MHR's plain english summary of the proposed changes in the Mental Health Bill 2024 and the services of some of MHR's member organisations. Mental health advocates also spoke about their lived experience of accessing services. - Meeting, Follow up email received from Deputy Richard Bruton so the resources that were available on the day were shared on 23rd Sept 2024 including - Plain Enlgish version of Mental Health Bill 2024, our two-pager on our Pre-Budget Submission, and our new guide 'Mental Health in the Workplace; A Guide to Your Rights' . - Email
Youth Advocate Programmes Ireland CLG
2025-01-17
Intent: Greater understanding of the issues affecting child and adolescent mental health services
Details: Mental Health Reform hosted meet and greet in Leinster House
Officials: Paul Donnelly, Chris Andrews, Neasa Hourigan, Róisín Shorthall, Chris Andrews, Dessie Ellis, Paul Donnelly, Duncan Smith, ...
Methods: Verbal conversations with various DPO's at the aforementioned event - Informal communication
BeLonG To Youth Services Ltd.
2025-01-16
Intent: Elected councillors pledge to use factual and accurate information if elected as Councillor and bring a motion forward to their council to do the same. .
Details: Follow-up to local election pledge asking candidates who signed the pledge to : Local election pledge for candidates to pledge to: That is why we are asking you to pledge to use factual and accurate information during your election campaign, and during your term if elected as Councillor.
Officials: Andrea Dalton, Adrienne Wallace, Paul Murphy, Dan Boyle, Peter Horgan, Eoghan Kenny, Pádraig Rice, Honore Kamegni, ...
Methods: Email