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: To inform Oireachtas members who were interested inspeaking on this issue
Details: Provided speaking notes for TDs for debate on Reproductive Rights (Amendment) Bill 2026
Intent: Discuss possible plans for Bill on protection of life
Details: Proposed Bill on protection of life
Intent: To elicit answers from the Minister for Health on areas related to abortion policy
Details: Asked TDs to submit parliamentary questions on areas related to abortion policy
Intent: Support for policies and programmes beneficial for Irish beef farmers
Details: Matters of significance to Irish Cattle & Beef farmers
Intent: Secure intended reforms to TaxSaver Scheme and generally promote shared mobility.
Details: Reforming the TaxSaver scheme
Intent: Awareness of the economic importance of the industry
Details: Invitation to local stallion farm
Intent: Suspension of AFATS framework tender (2026) pending independent examination of procurement governance and conflict of interest concerns; confirmation of whether conflict of interest declarations were made before personnel with prior commercial relationships with Tunstall Emergency Response, including the Chief Officer of Age Friendly Ireland, evaluated the HAFH (2022) tender; and full disclosure of prior commercial relationships among personnel involved in designing and evaluating either tender.::Examination of undocumented supply of Tunstall Emergency Response devices including Pan-Pan GPS devices to older people and Age Friendly Ireland personnel outside any visible procurement process; examination of the lone worker tender (MH-CS-24-05) where no contract award notice was published.::Examination of the decision to engage Age Friendly Ireland / Meath County Council as contracting authority for the AFATS framework tender in light of the apparent conflicts of interest.
Details: Procurement governance and conflict of interest management arising from the prior career history of the Chief Officer of Age Friendly Ireland and a second individual with prior senior employment at Tunstall Emergency Response, in connection with the AFATS framework tender (OJEU 209812-2026) and pred, ...
Intent: To ensure that the final Parking Bye-Laws 2026 adopted by Tipperary County Council take account of the economic impact on town-centre businesses across the county.
Details: The Draft Parking Bye-Laws 2026 proposed by Tipperary County Council, including the harmonisation of parking charges and regulations across designated Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 towns, and the potential economic impact of these measures on town-centre businesses.
Intent: The correspondence warned the Bill could push adult smokers back to cigarettes and fuel an illegal market. Over 350,000 adults vape in Ireland, with more than half having quit smoking entirely, yet the Bill would effectively ban the flavours used by 97% of adult vapers. International experience shows bans drive black markets, increase smoking relapse, and undermine compliant Irish businesses without reducing youth access.
Details: The Reduced Risk Products Association briefed Deputies ahead of the Second Stage debate on the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) (Amendment) Bill 2026. The RRPA supports measures to reduce youth uptake, strengthen age-of-sale enforcement and restrict marketing to minors, ...
Intent: The correspondence referenced European analysis suggesting a substantial proportion of vaping products circulating within the EU may be entering through irregular or illegal channels. It warned that weak enforcement, cross-border purchasing and online sales create risks for youth access, tax compliance and consumer safety. The RRPA argued that further restrictions without stronger enforcement could expand black market activity and undermine legitimate retail trade.
Details: The Reduced Risk Products Association issued correspondence to all TDs and Senators highlighting concerns about enforcement capacity within Ireland’s vaping sector. The communication stressed that the effectiveness of any regulatory framework will depend not on legislative intent alone, but on robus, ...
