Home and Community Care Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Home and Community Care Ireland

Date published 21 Jan, 2025

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Sep, 2024 to 31 Dec, 2024

Specific Details Engagements during the General Election campaign & government formation talks.

Intended results To secure commitments to home care policies in GE manifestos. To add issues facing the home care sector to the GE debate. To inform members of the public of issues facing the home care sector. To support candidates who support the home care sector. To secure commitments to home care issues in the Programme for Government.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Joseph Musgrave

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

Mass communications

Email All TDs Email to TDs with information on how they can pledge support to home care issues.

Email All TDs Congratulatory email to TDs after election

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Social Media (2-5)

Joint social media videos discussing home care issues between Joseph Musgrave and Minister Stephen Donnelly

Submission (2-5)

Briefing note on home care issues & briefing note on disability issues sent to Fianna Fail & Fine Gael negotiating teams & members of the Regional Independent Group.

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.

Stephen Donnelly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Verona Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Lowry TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Noel Grealish TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Kevin Boxer Moran TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Canney TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Marian Harkin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Carol Nolan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Barry Heneghan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Gillian Toole TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jack Chambers TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mary Butler TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Darragh O'Brien TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Norma Foley TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

James Lawless TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

James Browne TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Helen McEntee TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paschal Donohoe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John Cummins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John Paul O'Shea TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)