Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 15)
Polio Survivors Ireland
2025-12-19
Intent: Request that the Committee considers and discusses the concerns and takes corrective action urgently
Details: Wrote to the Joint Committee on Disability Matters to express urgent concern regarding the challenges faced by persons with disabilities living within the Direct Provision system.
Officials: Maurice Quinlivan, Micheál Carrigy, Peter 'Chap' Cleere, Martin Daly, Séamus Healy, Kiera Keogh, Liam Quaide, Gillian Toole, ...
Methods: Collaborative letter co-signed by a collective of advocates, organisations and academics - Letter
Athlone Chamber of Commerce and Industry
2025-12-18
Intent: To express the Chamber’s strong support for the Athlone 2040 project, an ambitious plan to grow Athlone into a sustainable, 100,000-population, 15-minute green city by 2040. We sought to reinforce political backing for the initiative, highlight its potential for economic and community transformation, and encourage continued commitment and investment from national and local representatives.
Details: Support for Athlone 2040 project
Officials: Micheál Martin, Simon Harris, Peter Burke, Robert Troy, Kevin Boxer Moran, Martin Daly, Maria Walsh, Nina Carberry, ...
Methods: Email
Athlone Chamber of Commerce and Industry
2025-11-26
Intent: To foster engagement with key business and political stakeholders by inviting them to the Chamber’s Corporate Lunch, aiming to strengthen relationships, support dialogue on economic priorities, and highlight issues of strategic importance to Athlone’s business community.
Details: Invitation to Chamber Corporate Lunch
Officials: Martin Daly, Micheál Carrigy, Robert Troy, Kevin Boxer Moran
Methods: Email
Athlone Chamber of Commerce and Industry
2025-11-26
Intent: To engage key stakeholders by extending an invitation to the Chamber’s Annual Awards, highlighting the event’s role in celebrating business achievement, strengthening partnerships, and showcasing the positive contributions of local enterprises to the Athlone community
Details: Invitation to Chamber annual awards
Officials: Vinny McCormack, Aoife Davitt, Barry Kehoe, Shane Tiernan, Sean Mullarkey, Jackie Finney, Caitlin Conneely, Peter Burke, ...
Methods: Email
Drury
2025-11-03
Intent: To secure meetings with Oireachtas members to highlight the role of insourcing and its contribution in reducing waiting lists.
Details: Request for meeting to discuss the role of insourcing in reducing waiting lists in the health service.
Officials: Ken O'Flynn, Peter Roche, Maria Byrne, Manus Boyle, David Cullinane, Conor Sheehan, Richard O'Donoghue, Pádraig Rice, ...
Methods: Email, Meeting, Phone call
Age Action
Current/Former DPOWhat is lobbying? (FAQ)2025-10-28
Intent: That HIQA be brought before the Health Committee
Details: Failures in care of older people in long term residential care
Officials: Pádraig Rice, Michael Cahill, Martin Daly, Pádraig O'Sullivan, Colm Burke, Peter Roche, Marie Sherlock, Sorca Clarke, ...
Methods: To request the Health Committee to invite HIQA to discuss the issues arising from the RTE Investigates programme on failures in care of older people in long term residential care - Email
Vulcan Consulting Limited
2025-09-21
Intent: To raise the profile of rare disease policy amongst Irish political stakeholders & seek updates on a range of rare disease policy matters.
Details: Rare Disease Policy in Ireland
Officials: Pádraig O'Sullivan, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, Pádraig Rice, Colm Burke, David Cullinane, Michael Cahill, Sorca Clarke, Martin Daly, ...
Methods: Email, Phone call, Submission
Irish Medical Organisation
2025-09-21
Intent: That only professions who have statutory regulation should be designated as Mental Health Professions.The provisions under Part 3 Chapter 3 - Consent to Treatment (Involuntary Admissions) of the Bill, should be deleted. The criteria for involuntary admission and treatment should be the same and thus the admission order should become an admission and treatment order. That Risk criteria in Section 12 (1) (a) should be removed. ::the requirement for a psychosocial assessment should be removed from Section 22 and Sections 37. Sections 179 & 181 regarding regulations of care plans should be removed from the legislation. The Mental Health Commission instead should be tasked with developing clinical guidelines based on international best evidence. the act should establish a 24 hour Administration office under the HSE that is responsible for adminstrative functions.::When inspecting Mental Health Services, the Mental Health Commission should assess the budget allocation received by that ser
Details: Mental Health Bill
Officials: Pádraig Rice, Colm Burke, Martin Daly, Michael Cahill, Sorca Clarke, David Cullinane, Pádraig O'Sullivan, Marie Sherlock, ...
Methods: Meeting with TD Martin Daly and Meeting with Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health - Meeting, Submission to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health - Submission
Rare Diseases Ireland
2025-09-20
Intent: Inclusion of rare disease topics on schedule for Health Committee meetings.
Details: Request to prioritise rare diseases for discussion at Health Committee meetings
Officials: Nicole Ryan, Teresa Costello, Tom Clonan, Maria Byrne, Manus Boyle, Marie Sherlock, Peter Roche, Pádraig O'Sullivan, ...
Methods: Email to members of Health Committee asking them to ensure that rare diseases are included in meeting schedules for the Committee. - Email
Rare Diseases Ireland
2025-09-20
Intent: Inclusion of rare diseases as a priority for Ireland to showcase during Ireland's EU Presidency in 2026.
Details: Seeking to highlight rare diseases during Ireland's EU Presidency in 2026 with an official event during the presidency
Officials: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, Stephen Foley, Muiris O’Connor, Simon Harris, Thomas Byrne, James Lawless, Peter Burke, Catherine Ardagh, ...
Methods: Invitation to selected TDs & Senators to join a meeting discussing plans to request official rare disease event during EU Presidency. - Email, 1 hour meeting of Oireachtas All Party Group on Rare Diseases meeting to discuss importance and reasoning for highlighting rare diseases during EU Presidency - Meeting, Letter sent to Ministers for Health requesting official event highlighting rare diseases during EU Presidency - copied to Tánaiste, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment - Letter