Home and Community Care Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Home and Community Care Ireland

Date published 20 May, 2025

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Jan, 2025 to 30 Apr, 2025

Specific Details Meetings and briefings on general home care issues & HCCI updates

Intended results To inform representatives on key issues impacting the home care sector (waiting lists, statutory home support scheme, funding & workforce development). To build support for HCCI policy recommendations on home care issues. To build relationships with Health & Disability Ministers & spokespeople. To inform representatives on the appointment of Frances Fitzgerald as HCCI Chair

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?) Yes

Current or Former Designated Public Official(s)

Frances Fitzgerald (Former DPO) MEP (European Parliament)

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Mass communications

Email All Oireachtas Members Announcement of Frances Fitzgerald as HCCI Chair

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Meeting (1)

Meeting with Pádraig Rice in Leinster House on key home care issues (Statutory Home Support Scheme, waiting lists, workforce issues).

Meeting (1)

Meeting with Marie Sherlock in Leinster House on key home care issues (Statutory Home Support Scheme, waiting lists, workforce issues)

Meeting (1)

Meeting with Senator Sean Kyne in Leinster House on key home care issues (Statutory Home Support Scheme, waiting lists, workforce issues)

Virtual Meeting (1)

Meeting with Ruari O'Murchu (MS Teams) on key home care issues (Statutory Home Support Scheme, waiting lists, workforce & disability)

Meeting (1)

Meeting with Ministers Jennifer Carroll MacNeill and Kieran O'Donnell to discuss key home care issues (Statutory Home Support Scheme, waiting lists, workforce).

Meeting (1)

Meeting with Minister Hildegarde Naughton to discuss key disability home care issues (Statutory Scheme, funding, workforce).

Email (11-20)

Emails to representatives listed above to arrange meetings & share agendas.

Informal communication (2-5)

Text message to Ministers Jennifer Carroll MacNeill & Kieran O'Donnell to arrange date for meeting listed above.

Email (6-10)

Emails to offices of Aisling Dempsey, Micheál Carrigy, Victor Boyhan, David Cullinane and Natasha Newsome Drennan to request meetings (No meetings took place during this period).

Email (1)

Email to Bernard Gloster, HSE CEO to arrange meeting (No meeting took place during this period)

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.

Pádraig Rice TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Marie Sherlock TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ruairí Ó Murchú TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Kyne Senator (Seanad)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill Minister (Department of Health)

Kieran O'Donnell Minister of State (Department of Health)

Hildegarde Naughton Minister of State (Department of Health)

Micheál Carrigy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Victor Boyhan Senator (Seanad)

David Cullinane TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Natasha Newsome Drennan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Bernard Gloster Chief Executive Officer (Health Service Executive)

Aisling Dempsey TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)