Family Carers Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Family Carers Ireland

Date published 17 Sep, 2026

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Public Expenditure and Reform

Period 1 May. 2026 to 31 Aug. 2026

Specific Details Invitation to attend Carers’ Priorities for Budget 2027 Town Halls events taking place from Aug 31 to September 14 in 19 locations across the country.

Intended results The proposals presented in FCIs Pre-Budget Submission adopted in Budget 2027

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Sharon Foley, Clare Duffy

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.

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Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Tanáiste Simon Harris, Cathaoirleach Mark Daly, 135 Deputies, 36 Ministers, 58 Senators

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.

Micheál Martin An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)

Simon Harris Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Finance)

Mark Daly Senator (Seanad)

Catherine Callaghan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Natasha Newsome Drennan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Peter 'Chap' Cleere TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John McGuinness TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

David Maxwell TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Matt Carthy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Cathy Bennett TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Brendan Smith TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Joe Cooney TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Donna McGettigan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Cathal Crowe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Noel McCarthy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Pat Buckley TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Liam Quaide TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

James O'Connor TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Thomas Gould TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ken O'Flynn TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Eoghan Kenny TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Pádraig O'Sullivan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

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

Aindrias Moynihan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Pádraig Rice TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seamus McGrath TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Collins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Holly Cairns TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Charles Ward TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Padráig Mac Lochlainn TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Pearse Doherty TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Pat the Cope Gallagher TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Tom Brabazon TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Naoise Ó Muirí TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Barry Heneghan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Denise Mitchell TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Cian O'Callaghan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

James Geoghegan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ivana Bacik TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Eoin Hayes TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Daniel Ennis TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Marie Sherlock TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mary Lou McDonald TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Gary Gannon TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Duncan Smith TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ann Graves TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Grace Boland TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Robert O'Donoghue TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Louise O'Reilly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paul Gogarty TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Eoin Ó Broin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mark Ward TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Shane Moynihan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Dessie Ellis TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Rory Hearne TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paul McAuliffe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Shay Brennan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Maeve O'Connell TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Sinéad Gibney TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Catherine Ardagh TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Máire Devine TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jen Cummins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John Lahart TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ciarán Ahern TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Crowe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paul Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Emer Currie TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paul Donnelly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ruth Coppinger TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Cormac Devlin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Barry Ward TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Richard Boyd Barrett TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Albert Dolan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Peter Roche TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Louis O'Hara TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John Connolly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Kyne TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mairéad Farrell TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Cahill TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

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

Pa Daly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Joe Neville TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Réada Cronin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Aidan Farrelly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Naoise O'Cearúil TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mark Wall TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Fleming TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

William Aird TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Brian Stanley TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Conor Sheehan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Maurice Quinlivan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Willie O'Dea TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Richard O'Donoghue TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Peter Burke TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Micheál Carrigy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Sorca Clarke TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paula Butterly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ged Nash TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Joanna Byrne TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Erin McGreehan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ruairí Ó Murchú TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paul Lawless TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Kiera Keogh TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

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

Gillian Toole TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Darren O'Rourke TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Aisling Dempsey TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Peadar Tóibín TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Johnny Guirke TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Tony McCormack TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John Clendennen TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Carol Nolan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Martin Daly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Fitzmaurice TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Claire Kerrane TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Frank Feighan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Martin Kenny TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Eamon Scanlon TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ryan O'Meara TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Lowry TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Alan Kelly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mattie McGrath TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seamus Healy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

David Cullinane TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Conor D McGuinness TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

George Lawlor TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Johnny Mythen TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Edward Timmins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John Brady TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jennifer Whitmore TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Malcolm Byrne TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Brian Brennan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor Minister of State (Department of Health)

Niamh Smyth Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)

Timmy Dooley Minister of State (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)

Colm Burke Minister of State (Department of Health)

Michael Moynihan Minister of State (Department of Education)

Jerry Buttimer Minister of State (Department of Rural and Community Development)

Christopher O'Sullivan Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

Charlie McConalogue Minister of State (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)

Jim O'Callaghan Minister (Department of Justice)

Darragh O'Brien Minister (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)

Emer Higgins Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)

Neale Richmond Minister of State (Department of Social Protection)

Colm Brophy Minister of State (Department of Justice)

Jack Chambers Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill Minister (Department of Health)

Sean Canney Minister of State (Department of Transport)

Hildegarde Naughton Minister (Department of Education)

Noel Grealish Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Norma Foley Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)

Michael Healy-Rae Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

James Lawless Minister (Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science)

Martin Heydon Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Kieran O'Donnell Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

Niall Collins Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Patrick O'Donovan Minister (Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht)

Kevin 'Boxer' Moran Minister of State (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)

Robert Troy Minister of State (Department of Finance)

Dara Calleary Minister (Department of Social Protection)

Alan Dillon Minister of State (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)

Thomas Byrne Minister of State (Department of Defence)

Helen McEntee Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Marian Harkin Minister of State (Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science)

Mary Butler Minister of State (Department of Health)

John Cummins Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

James Browne Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

Garret Ahearn Senator (Seanad)

Martin Conway Senator (Seanad)

Eileen Flynn Senator (Seanad)

Nicole Ryan Senator (Seanad)

Fiona O'Loughlin Senator (Seanad)

Diarmuid Wilson Senator (Seanad)

Malcolm Noonan Senator (Seanad)

Joanne Collins Senator (Seanad)

Victor Boyhan Senator (Seanad)

Paul Daly Senator (Seanad)

Niall Blaney Senator (Seanad)

Teresa Costello Senator (Seanad)

Eileen Lynch Senator (Seanad)

Sarah O'Reilly Senator (Seanad)

Paraic Brady Senator (Seanad)

Maria Byrne Senator (Seanad)

PJ Murphy Senator (Seanad)

Pauline Tully Senator (Seanad)

Cathal Byrne Senator (Seanad)

Shane Curley Senator (Seanad)

Joe Conway Senator (Seanad)

Sharon Keogan Senator (Seanad)

Aidan Davitt Senator (Seanad)

Mary Fitzpatrick Senator (Seanad)

Garret Kelleher Senator (Seanad)

Linda Nelson Murray Senator (Seanad)

Laura Harmon Senator (Seanad)

Frances Black Senator (Seanad)

Ollie Crowe Senator (Seanad)

Conor Murphy Senator (Seanad)

Robbie Gallagher Senator (Seanad)

Gerard Craughwell Senator (Seanad)

Chris Andrews Senator (Seanad)

Patricia Stephenson Senator (Seanad)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony Senator (Seanad)

Mark Duffy Senator (Seanad)

Mike Kennelly Senator (Seanad)

Joe O'Reilly Senator (Seanad)

Pat Casey Senator (Seanad)

Maria McCormack Senator (Seanad)

Nessa Cosgrove Senator (Seanad)

Michael McDowell Senator (Seanad)

Rónán Mullen Senator (Seanad)

Alice-Mary Higgins Senator (Seanad)

Lynn Ruane Senator (Seanad)

Tom Clonan Senator (Seanad)

Aubrey McCarthy Senator (Seanad)

Dee Ryan Senator (Seanad)

Alison Comyn Senator (Seanad)

Anne Rabbitte Senator (Seanad)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee Senator (Seanad)

Imelda Goldsboro Senator (Seanad)

Joe Flaherty Senator (Seanad)

Nikki Bradley Senator (Seanad)

Manus Boyle Senator (Seanad)

Noel O'Donovan Senator (Seanad)

Gareth Scahill Senator (Seanad)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn Senator (Seanad)