Family Carers Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Family Carers Ireland

Date published 21 May, 2024

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Community

Period 1 Jan, 2024 to 30 Apr, 2024

Specific Details Referendum on Care

Intended results Encourage support for a Yes Yes vote in the upcoming referendum on Family & Care To get commitment on a number of policy actions ahead of the referendum to communicate to the public what the referendum was about and what it would mean for family carers.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Peter Cox, Marie Fitzgerald, Andrew Rooney, Ruaidhrí Kelly & Catherine Cox

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (1)

To all DPO's outlined below in the Cork Region- (by Peter Cox)

Phone call (1)

Michael & Danny Healy Rae by Marie Fitzgerald

Letter (1)

Brendan Griffin & Pa Daly by Marie Fitzgerald

Email (2-5)

Peter Burke Neale Richmond Malcolm Noonan Jennifer Carroll MacNeill- by Andrew Rooney

Email (2-5)

Senator Erin Mc Greehan Senator Catherine Ardagh- by Andrew Rooney

Meeting (2-5)

Minister O Gorman- by Catherine Cox, Ruaidhrí Kelly & Andrew Rooney

Meeting (1)

People before Profit reception attended by Deputy Smith- Catherine Cox & Andrew Rooney

Meeting (1)

Forum- Department of Education Officials- Catherine Cox & Andrew Rooney

Meeting (1)

Minister Naughton meeting by Catherin Cox & Andrew Rooney

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.

Ger Keohane Councillor (Cork City Council)

Tony Fitzgerald Councillor (Cork City Council)

Mick Nugent Councillor (Cork City Council)

John Sheehan Councillor (Cork City Council)

Brian McCarthy Councillor (Cork City Council)

Damian Boylan Councillor (Cork City Council)

Thomas Gould TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Colm Burke Minister of State (Department of Health)

Kenneth Noel O'Flynn Councillor (Cork City Council)

John Daniel Maher Councillor (Cork City Council)

Ted Tynan Councillor (Cork City Council)

Joe Kavanagh Councillor (Cork City Council)

Oliver Moran Councillor (Cork City Council)

Alan Coleman Councillor (Cork County Council)

Frank O'Flynn Councillor (Cork County Council)

John Healy Councillor (Cork County Council)

Gillian Coughlan Councillor (Cork County Council)

Kevin Murphy Councillor (Cork County Council)

Sean O'Donovan Councillor (Cork County Council)

Marcia D'Alton Councillor (Cork County Council)

Ben Dalton O'Sullivan Councillor (Cork County Council)

Úna McCarthy Councillor (Cork County Council)

Sheila O’Callaghan Councillor (Cork County Council)

Sean O'Connor Councillor (Cork County Council)

Alan O'Connor Councillor (Cork County Council)

Michael Hegarty Councillor (Cork County Council)

Mary Linehan Foley Councillor (Cork County Council)

Kay Dawson Councillor (Cork County Council)

Noel McCarthy Councillor (Cork County Council)

Deirdre O'Brien Councillor (Cork County Council)

Ian Doyle Councillor (Cork County Council)

Pat Hayes Councillor (Cork County Council)

James Kennedy Councillor (Cork County Council)

Gearóid Murphy Councillor (Cork County Council)

John Paul O'Shea Councillor (Cork County Council)

Tony O'Shea Councillor (Cork County Council)

Ted Lucey Councillor (Cork County Council)

Eileen Lynch Councillor (Cork County Council)

Gobnait Moynihan Councillor (Cork County Council)

Caroline Cronin Councillor (Cork County Council)

Paul Hayes Councillor (Cork County Council)

Christopher Heinhold Councillor (Cork County Council)

Danny Healy-Rae TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Healy-Rae TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Pa Daly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Brendan Griffin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Neale Richmond Minister of State (Department of Finance)

Malcolm Noonan Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

Peter Burke Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill Minister of State (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Erin McGreehan Senator (Seanad)

Catherine Ardagh Senator (Seanad)

Roderic O'Gorman Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)

Bríd Smith TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Aine Doyle Special Adviser (Department of Education)

Anne-Marie Sherkle Acting Chief Information Officer (Department of Education)

Aoife Conduit Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)

Bernie McNally Secretary General (Department of Education)

Colin Clarke Special Adviser (Department of Education)

Dalton Tattan Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)

Daniel Griffin Special Adviser (Department of Education)

Deirdre McDonnell Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)

Deirdre Shanley Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)

Eoin Murphy Special Adviser (Department of Education)

Gavan O’Leary Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)

Harold Hislop Chief Inspector (Department of Education)

Hubert Loftus Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)

Josepha Madigan Minister of State (Department of Education)

Martina Mannion Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)

Michael Brennan Special Adviser (Department of Education)

Michael Ward Special Adviser (Department of Education)

Norma Foley Minister (Department of Education)

Paul Melia Special Advisor (Department of Education)

Seán Ó Foghlú Secretary General (Department of Education)

Thomas Byrne Minister of State (Department of Education)

Tomás Ó Ruairc Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)

Yvonne Keating Chief Inspector (Department of Education)

Hildegarde Naughton Government Chief Whip and Minister (Department of the Taoiseach)