Alcohol Forum Ireland
Lobbying activity
The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.
Letter (1)
AFI & ICAAN were one of a number of NGO's to sign a letter seeking changes to the Intoxicating Liquor Bill (2024) and in particular seeking that a Health Impact Assessment be carried out on the Bill to assess its potential impacts on public health, safety and well being. Letter was sent to; An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, TD;
Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheál Martin, TD; Minister for the Environment, Climate, Communications & Transport, Eamon Ryan, TD in Feb.
Email (31-50)
Invitation to all Sligo and Leitrim Oireachtas and Council members to a Briefing on the Sale of Alcohol Bill organised by ICAAN and Alcohol Forum Ireland on Feb 9th in Sligo.
Event / Reception (1)
Briefing on Sale of Alcohol Bill (and Intoxicating Liquor Bill, 2024) in Sligo office of Alcohol Forum Ireland. 10 in attendance including 1 councillor and 1 Oireachtas member.
Email (31-50)
Invitation to all Donegal Oireachtas and Council members to a Briefing on the Sale of Alcohol Bill organised by ICAAN and Alcohol Forum Ireland in Letterkenny in Jan 2024.
Event / Reception (1)
Briefing on Sale of Alcohol Bill (and Intoxicating Liquor Bill, 2024) in Letterkenny in Jan 2024. Between 25-30 in attendance including a number of councillors and 1 Oireachtas member.
Email (51-100)
Invitation to all Donegal County Councillors and Oireachtas representatives to attend in person launch of Dancing at the Disco report in Letterkenny on May 3rd. Two local launches will take place in Letterkenny and Monaghan in the areas where the case studies of the teenage discos were conducted as part of wider national research on the topic.
Meeting (1)
Meeting with Padraig McLaughlin TD as a follow up meeting in Feb as he was unable to attend the Donegal briefing on the Sale of Alcohol Bill. Deputy briefed on the overall work of AFI and the strategic priorities of the organisation.
Email (1)
Email to Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee, with a link to the new report on teenage discos and seeking a meeting to discuss the key recommendations of the report
Email (1)
Email to Senator Mary Seery Kearney in April with a link to the new report on teenage discos and asking that she would support our call to have a meeting with the Minister for Justice to discuss.
Email (2-5)
Email to Deputy Thomas Pringle with a link to the new report on teenage discos and asking that he would raise the matters outlined and the report recommendations with the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice of which he is a member
Designated public officials lobbied
The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.