Intent: To support a service user to advocate for people with disabilities at the Fine Gael Disability Conference. ::To seek support from Fine Gael for a cost of disability payment to be included in the next budget.
Details: Attendance at Fine Gael Disability Conference
This was a Fine Gael party event in Galway to focus on disability.An NLN student was supported to speak at the event of his lived experience of disability. - Event / Reception
Intent: Legislative review & stronger regulations in the following areas; dog breeding, horse drawn vehicles in cities & towns, sulky horse use, fox hunting & greyhound racing
Details: NSPCA launch of its 5-year strategy on Wednesday, aimed at strengthening laws on dog breeding, horse-drawn vehicles in cities & towns, ban on for sulky racing on public roads, banning fox hunting for sport and banning greyhound racing in Ireland
Intent: To demonstrate the benefits of our Community Hub model in order to seek changes to local authority policy on service provision for children, young people and communities
Details: Seeking changes to the approach of local authorities to childcare, youth & community service provision
Follow up 1-2-1 meetings with Councillors in Tallaght South LEA to provide more details on YMCA Community Hub model & plans for local service provision for children, young people & families in Citywest. - MeetingSingle email to Councillors in Donaghamede constituency to refresh on Community Hub model, update on progress on local service provision for children, young people & families, and invite to collective meeting to discuss further developments. - MeetingSingle meeting with Councillor Daryl Barron to refresh on Community Hub model, update on progress on service provision for children, young people & families in Clare Hall / Belmayne / Clongriffin, and discuss how best to collectively engage councillors in Donaghmede LEA. - Meeting
Intent: (1) To highlight how Lyft Urban Solutions could support bike sharing in Dublin (2) To secure a meeting to discuss the same (3) To secure attendance at a demonstration showcasing how Lyft's bikes operate
Details: Correspondence to discuss how Lyft Urban Solutions could support bike sharing in Dublin
Intent: Parkinson's Ireland would receive section 39 funding to operate a counselling service in 2026
Details: Wrote to the Councillor to lobby for the HSE to provide funding for Parkinson's Ireland to run a dedicated counselling service via the Dublin and North East Regional Health Forum .