Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 18)
Threshold
2025-09-08
Intent: Set out Threshold's policy priorities to the DPOs.
Details: Threshold's policy priorities
Officials: Micheál Carrigy, Seamus McGrath, Richard Boyd Barrett, Paula Butterly, Joe Cooney, Thomas Gould, Rory Hearne, Willie O'Dea, ...
Methods: One email sent with a letter attached to members of the Joint-Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage. - Email, Letter from John-Mark McCafferty to the members of the Joint-Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage setting out Threshold's policy priorities and requesting a meeting. - Letter, Email exchange to request and schedule meeting with Conor Sheehan. - Email, ...
Threshold
2025-09-08
Intent: To clarify several points raised at a Committee session.
Details: Oireachtas Committee Session
Officials: Micheál Carrigy, Seamus McGrath, Brian Stanley, Paula Butterly, Joe Cooney, Thomas Gould, Rory Hearne, Paul McAuliffe, ...
Methods: To clarify several points raised at Committee session on the 15th of July. - Letter, Letter sent by email to listed DPOs. - Email
Stop Climate Chaos coalition
2025-09-01
Intent: TD's were asked to attend a Lobby event with their constituents to hear about they care about climate change and the actions they want their representatives to take.
Details: Climate Action Plans and Carbon Budgets
Officials: Aiden Farrelly, Aengus Ó Snodaigh, Aindrias Moynihan, Aisling Dempsey, Alan Kelly, Albert Dolan, Ann Graves, Barry Heneghan, ...
Methods: Email was sent 30th July - Email
National Traveller MABS
2025-08-27
Intent: To highlight three priority policy areas that the Committee should address in its 2025 work programme.1. Implementation of Minimum BER Standards in the Private Rental Sector2. Scaling Up and Resourcing the Local Authority and AHB Retrofit Programmes3. Ireland’s Forthcoming National Building Renovation Plan
Details: NTMABS as a part of a group of civil society organisations working to end energy poverty and ensure warm, affordable homes for all, we are writing to highlight three priority policy areas that the Committee should address in its 2025 work programme.
Officials: Micheál Carrigy, Seamus McGrath, Richard Boyd Barrett, Paula Butterly, Joe Cooney, Thomas Gould, Paul McAuliffe, Rory Hearne, ...
Methods: 1 email was sent to each member of the Housing Committee, the email was co-signed by National Traveller MABS and 10 other civil society organisations. - Email
Polio Survivors Ireland
2025-08-22
Intent: To ask if implementation of comprehensive vulnerability assessments, co-ordinated care pathways and designated case workers for those seeking international protection with disabilities will be considered in the workplan.
Details: Wrote to the Joint Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Officials: Matt Carthy, Paula Butterly, Tom Brabazon, Michael Cahill, Catherine Callaghan, Alan Kelly, Pádraig O'Sullivan, Mark Ward, ...
Methods: The committee responded to say they acknowledged and noted the email. - Email
Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Ireland
2025-08-08
Intent: Along with other coalition member organisations, JRS Ireland sought to share its analysis of the General Scheme of the International Protection Bill 2025 and highlight issues of concern for attention by the Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration.
Details: In June 2025, JRS Ireland was a joint signatory to a policy paper submitted to the Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, containing a series of recommendations regarding the General Scheme of the International Protection Bill 2025 and Ireland's implementation of the EU Pact on Asylum an, ...
Officials: Matt Carthy, Tom Brabazon, Paula Butterly, Michael Cahill, Catherine Callaghan, Gary Gannon, Alan Kelly, Pádraig O'Sullivan, ...
Methods: Submission
Drogheda & District Chamber
2025-05-22
Intent: We hope some solid interaction will now develop between all parties.
Details: Drogheda & District Chamber met with local TDs to discuss key priorities, including city status, the PANCR, FDI, SME supports, tourism, and town centre revitalisation. The Chamber offered to support lobbying for PANCR and raised concerns over split local authority governance, rising business costs, , ...
Officials: Paula Butterly, Erin McGreehan, Joanna Byrne, Ged Nash
Methods: Event / Reception
Friends of the Earth
2025-05-21
Intent: Rejection of LNG::Ensure Gov decision on LNG is changed and brought into with climate law
Details: LNG and Climate Action
Officials: Alice-Mary Higgins, Aine Doyle, Rónán Mullen, Chris Andrews, Frances Black, Eileen Flynn, Gerard Craughwell, Lynn Ruane, ...
Methods: Email with briefing to Senator Higgins - Email, Meeting with Minister's advisor - Meeting, Emails with briefing to Minister and Taoiseach's advisors - Email, ...
Friends of the Earth
2025-05-21
Intent: Secure commitments in Programme for Government to implement joint civil society campaign demands on energy poverty, as well as FoE campaign demands re climate and data centres
Details: Advocacy re Programme for Government
Officials: William Aird, Grace Boland, Brian Brennan, Colm Brophy, Colm Burke, Peter Burke, Paula Butterly, Jerry Buttimer, ...
Methods: Emailed joint civil society 'Warm Homes for All' manifesto to elected government party representatives during programme for government negotiations - Email, Email to Taoiseach's team regarding research on data centre and DETE - Email, Email to Minister for Finance's team re FoE programme for government briefing - Email
Creative Retail Distribution Limited
2025-05-21
Intent: A review of the proposal to apply an E-liquids tax using self-declaration mechanism rather than a tax stamp.
Details: Email to members of the Oireachtas concerning the E-liquids Products Tax and concerns around the mechanism chosen to implement the tax via self-declaration rather than as a tax-stamp. Hale also referred to research commissioned from Forvis Mazars which raised several important policy considerations , ...
Officials: Ciarán Ahern, William Aird, Catherine Ardagh, Ivana Bacik, Cathy Bennett, Grace Boland, Richard Boyd Barrett, Tom Brabazon, ...
Methods: Email to members of the Oireachtas referring to the proposed implementation of the E-liquids tax using a self-declaration mechanism rather than a tax stamp and highlighting the findings of an independent report from Forvis Mazars on the matter. - Email