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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: Implementation of the current strategy and an extension of its lifespan::A new Autism Innovation Strategy provided for in legislation
Details: Sought support for the full implementation of (and extension of the lifespan) of the current Autism Innovation Strategy and implementation of government commitment to place the strategy on a statutory footing
Discussed issue at meetings of the All Party Gruop on Autism - MeetingEngaged with Deputy Carrigy as Chair of the All Party Group on Autism - Phone callEngaged with Minister Higgins office - Email
Intent: To call for a review of the LTI Scheme; Review of the Hidden Costs with Living with IBD in Ireland report conducted by CCI and J&J; Highlighting the Public health Crisis in terms of IBD diagnosis increasing; Highlighting the ongoing challenges faced by both the IBD community and CCI as an organisation in trying to meet the demand in supporting the ongoing rise in prevelance.
Details: Review of Long Term Illness Scheme re the IBS Community in Ireland
Intent: To brief Cork Representatives on the work of National Learning Network and to seek their support for a review of the current funding utilisation based funding model. ::To highlight local transport issues for students attending NLN, Hollyhilll
Details: Invitation to National Learning Network, Hollyhill, Cork, Open Day for public representatives taking place on 8 May 2026
Email to Ireland South MEPs inviting them to the National Learning Network Open Day in Hollyhill, Cork, taking place on 8 May Follow-up email and contact with their offices - EmailEmail to all Oireachtas members from Cork constituencies inviting them to the National Learning Network Open Day in Hollyhill, Cork, taking place on 8 May Follow-up email and contact with their offices - Email
Intent: To outline to Oireachtas members the funding allocated under the National Breeding Services Grant Scheme to their county and the benefits of the scheme.
Email sent to Oireachtas members in outlining the funding allocated under the National Breeding Services Grant Scheme to organisations/shows in their area. - Email
Intent: To highlight to politicians the need for an alternative to A&E for people in mental health or suicidal crisis by providing an expert witness providing an evidence base in support of a public petition calling for alternative crisis pathways for people in suicidal or mental health crisis.
Details: The need for an alternative to A&E for people in suicidal or mental health crisis
On 24/2/26 Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Petitions heard Petition P00067/25 seeking alternatives to A&E for people in suicidal & mental health crisis. At the petitioner’s request 3Ts invited Prof Louise Doyle, TCD, to present 3Ts co-funded research supporting alternative crisis pathways. The committee agreed to raise the matter with Minister for Health. A representative of 3Ts attended in the Gallery as an observer & subsequently spoke informally with Pat Buckley TD supporting this call. - Informal communication
Annual event with a number of 'asks' this year focussing on- Equal treatment of youth workers in terms of pay and conditions- Ensure work is properly funded to respond to increasing inflation and other costs- Support for a proper capital programme for youth work across Government with a central role for youth services - Lobby day
Intent: To invite elected representatives to the official opening of the Little Island Biomethane Plant and showcase its importance in delivering national biomethane production targets and Climate Action Plan.
Details: Invite to the opening of the Little Island Biomethane Plant
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, ...
The communication also highlighted concerns that the Bill protects the Tobacco industry’s. Nicotine pouches, sold predominantly by tobacco companies, would face no equivalent flavour restrictions. The RRPA argued this creates a major inconsistency: flavours would be banned in independently-owned vape products while remaining available in tobacco-company nicotine pouches, potentially pushing adult consumers away from vaping and toward products controlled by the tobacco industry. - Email
