Irish Foster Care Association (Irish Foster Care Association)

Lobbying Organisation Irish Foster Care Association

Date published 18 Sep, 2025

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Social Protection

Period 1 May, 2025 to 31 Aug, 2025

Specific Details Pre-Budget Submission 2026

Intended results Discussions regarding our pre-budget submission 2026 asks.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Corrinne Hasson

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 our full membership to ask that they send an email that we have auto-populated (via website called Uplift) to all their local representatives with our Pre-Budget Submission asks. This generates emails to a number of elected representatives on behalf of IFCA

Lobby day All Oireachtas Members Attended the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection to discuss our Pre-Budget Submission 2026 and to answer questions from the Committee Members

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Meeting (1)

Meeting with Claire Kerrane TD to discuss our pre-budget submission asks.

Meeting (1)

Meeting with Senator Garret Ahearn to discuss our pre-budget submission asks

Meeting (1)

Meeting with Deputy Mark Wall to discuss our pre-budget submission asks

Email (1)

Email to Eamon Murphy (Social Democrats) with our Pre-Budget Submission 2026 to ask for their support including asks in their alternative budget.

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.

Claire Kerrane TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mark Wall TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Garret Ahearn Senator (Seanad)

Eamon Murphy Political Director (Dáil Éireann, the Lower House of the Oireachtas)