Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 125)
Polio Survivors Ireland
2025-12-19
Intent: Request for Minister for CDE to give attention to UNCRPD section of collaborative letter previously sent to this office (regarding challenges faced by persons with disabilities living in Direct Provision)
Details: Wrote to Office of Minister for Children, Disability and Equality (CDE) to direct attention to ongoing lack of focus on disability issues for children and adults living in Direct Provision
Officials: Norma Foley
Methods: Email is a follow up to previous lobbying communication - Email
Polio Survivors Ireland
2025-12-19
Intent: Request that the Ministers consider and take corrective action on the concerns outlined
Details: Letter to express urgent concern regarding the challenges faced by persons with disabilities living within the Direct Provision system.
Officials: Jim O'Callaghan, Colm Brophy, Norma Foley, Hildegarde Naughton, Dara Calleary
Methods: Collaborative letter co-signed by a collective of advocates, organisations and academics - Letter
The CARI Foundation
2025-12-18
Intent: Response from Minister to invitation to attend CARI's strategy.
Details: CARI Strategy launch
Officials: Norma Foley, Mary Butler, Willie O'Dea
Methods: Emails back and forth to ministers office. - Email, Phone calls to follow up on email - Phone call
Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Ireland
2025-12-15
Intent: The intended result was to highlight the significant challenges and barriers faced by persons with disabilities in IPAS accommodation and seek action on proposed recommendations to address these issues.
Details: In October 2025, JRS Ireland was a joint signatory on a civil society letter raising concerns regarding persons with disabilities living in the IPAS accommodation system.
Officials: Jim O'Callaghan, Colm Brophy, Norma Foley, Dara Calleary
Methods: Email
Cheshire Ireland
2025-12-10
Intent: To seek meetings with Government Representatives to discuss subject contained in the Pre Budget Submission which includes funding issues. Meetings held with TD's & Senators regarding our Pre Budget Submission
Details: Submission of Pre Budget Submission
Officials: Norma Foley, Hildegarde Naughton, Simon Harris, Kiera Keogh, Claire Kerrane, Linda Nelson Murray, Seán Ó Fearghaíl, Roderic O'Gorman, ...
Methods: Meetings held with the following regarding our Submission at Leinster House/Event or via Teams Meetings Norma Foley, Hildeguard Naughton, Simon Harris,Keira Keogh Claire Kerrane, Linda Nelson Murray, Sean O'Fearghail, Roderic O'Gorman, Ruairi O'Murchu - Submission
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
Childminding Ireland
2025-11-03
Intent: To draw attention to the large numbers of childminders not engaging with the proposed system. Childminding Ireland's most recent survey, Childminding in Ireland 2025, shows 76% of respondents intend to stop childminding or are undecided.
Details: The new childminding system, and the concerns of childminders.
Officials: Claire Kerrane, Catherine Callaghan, Norma Foley, Kiera Keogh
Methods: Email, Meeting
County Kildare Chamber
2025-10-02
Intent: Engagement with Oireachtas members and Government Ministers in advance of Budget 2026 on the following national and regional priorities:Housing delivery and infrastructure investment.Skills development and training pathways to support enterprise.Energy and grid capacity, including renewables integration.Measures to support competitiveness for FDI and indigenous business.
Details: Chambers Budget 2026 Advocacy Day
Officials: Joe Neville, Aubrey McCarthy, Naoise O'Cearúil, Helen McEntee, Norma Foley, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill
Methods: College of Physicians, Kildare Street- 24th Sept - Meeting
National Federation of Voluntary Service Providers Supporting People with Intellectual Disability
2025-09-22
Intent: Funding in Budget 2026 to 1) Respond to unmet need for disability services, 2) Support necessary innovation, and 3) Enable disability service providers to deliver and expand services
Details: Calling for funding in Budget 2026 to respond to unmet need for disability services, support necessary innovation, and enable disability service providers to deliver and expand services
Officials: Colm Ó Conaill, Jack Chambers, Norma Foley
Methods: 11th July 2025: Alison Harnett (NFVSP CEO) shared the National Federation's Pre-Budget Submissions 2026 with Colm O'Conaill (Ass Sec Gen). - Email, 28th May 2025: Alison Harnett (NFVSP) represented NFVSP Members at the Department of Children, Disability and Equality Pre-Budget Estimates event, including making a presentation to the meeting. During the session, the topics of unmet need for services, sustainability issues facing the voluntary sector, and innovation in service provision were discussed. - Event / Reception, Following the National Economic Dialogue Forum on 16th June which was attended by Alison Harnett (NVSP CEO) and Michael Hennessy (NFVSP Chairperson), Alison Harnett reposted a message by the Wheel on Linkedin. This post noted how the delivery of disability and other key social services could be expanded if the non-profit sector is adequately and sustainably resourced. Post tagged Minister Chambers. - Social Media, ...
National Federation of Voluntary Service Providers Supporting People with Intellectual Disability
2025-09-22
Intent: Immediate action to tackle the untenable financial risks faced by Section 38 and Section 39 disability service providers that deliver essential services to people with intellectual disabilities and autism
Details: Calling for immediate action to tackle the untenable financial risks faced by Section 38 and Section 39 disability service providers that deliver essential services to people with intellectual disabilities and autism
Officials: Bernard Gloster, Hildegarde Naughton, Norma Foley, Ciarán Devane, Kevin McCarthy, Colm Ó Conaill, Michael Brennan, Stephen Mulvany, ...
Methods: 16th May 2025: Alison Harnett shared a letter signed by the Chairperson's of 28 NFVSP member organisations with Bernard Gloster, HSE CEO outlining untenable risks to their organisations' financial stability and impact these issues are having on people with intellectual disabilities and autism. The letter requested a meeting to identify immediate actions to address these risks. Follow up emails were exchanged with Bernard Gloster's office regarding the meeting request contained in the letter. - Email, 16th May 2025: Alison Harnett shared a letter signed by the Chairperson's of 28 NFVSP member organisations with Minister Naughton outlining untenable risks to their organisations' financial stability and the impact these issues are having on people with intellectual disabilities and autism. The letter requested a meeting to identify immediate actions to address these risks. Follow up emails were exchanged with Minister Naughton's office regarding the meeting request contained in the letter. - Email, 16th May 2025: Alison Harnett (NFVSP CEO) shared a letter signed by Chairperson's of 28 NFVSP member organisations with Colm O'Connail & Kevin McCarthy outlining risks to their organisations' financial stability and the impact these issues have on people with disabilities. The letter requested a meeting to identify immediate actions. Emails with Colm O'Conaill and Kevin McCarthy's office responding to the letter and following up with the meeting request contained in the Chairperson's letter. - Email, ...