One Family

Lobbying Organisation One Family

Date published 29 Jul, 2025

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Communications

Period 1 May, 2025 to 31 Aug, 2025

Specific Details Co-signed letter outlining engagement issues civil society orgs are experiencing with Oireachtas Committees

Intended results To outline the concerns held by civil society organisations in relation to engagement with Oireachtas Committees and to seek that a plan be formulated to address these concerns.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Karen Kiernan

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)

A co-signed letter from 113 civil society organisations was emailed on the 23rd of July to the Clerk of Dáil Eireann and Secretary General of the Houses of the Oireachtas Service and cc'd to the Working Group of Committee Cathaoirligh on 23rd July 2025.

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.

Peter Finnegan Secretary General (The Houses of the Oireachtas Service)

Seán Fleming TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John Brady TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Catherine Callaghan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Micheál Carrigy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Matt Carthy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Catherine Connolly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Rose Conway-Walsh TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Cathal Crowe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mairéad Farrell TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Alan Kelly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John Lahart TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Erin McGreehan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Conor D McGuinness TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Aindrias Moynihan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Pádraig Rice TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Barry Ward TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Naoise Ó Muirí TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Maria Byrne Senator (Seanad)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee Senator (Seanad)