Home and Community Care Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Home and Community Care Ireland

Date published 16 Sep, 2019

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 May, 2019 to 31 Aug, 2019

Specific Details Home care in Ireland

Intended results Inform public officials about labour force issues in home care(health care assistants) Discuss and inform public officials about the issues private home care providers face in Ireland Include Health Care Assistants on the Critical Skills list Change social welfare rules to end the penalisation of part-time workers in receipt of social welfare Secure more funding for home care - both for home care packages and training needs Provide input into the formation of the statutory scheme for home care

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

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Meeting (2-5)

Leinster House to discuss particulars on the issue of health care assistants

Email (6-10)

Emails to provide additional information regarding health care assistants

Meeting (2-5)

Meetings in Leinster House and Dublin Castle to advocate for social welfare changes and argue for increased home care funding

Submission (11-20)

Pre-Budget 2020 Submission to various Departments and members of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Submission (1)

Submission to Economic Migration Unit on health care assistants

Email (2-5)

Emails to provide additional information to public officials on home care in Ireland

Email (2-5)

Clarify HSE comments in the press and secure a meeting with Minister Jim Daly

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.

Marie-Louise O'Donnell Senator (Seanad)

Mary Butler TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paschal Donohoe Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Jim Daly Minister of State (Department of Health)

Simon Harris Minister (Department of Health)

Regina Doherty Minister (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)

Finian McGrath Minister of State (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)

Heather Humphreys Minister (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)

Joe McHugh Minister (Department of Education and Skills)

Stephen Donnelly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Harty TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Bernard Durkan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Alan Kelly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

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

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

Colm Burke Senator (Seanad)

John Dolan Senator (Seanad)

Rónán Mullen Senator (Seanad)

Keith Swanick Senator (Seanad)

Darren Hourihane Special Adviser (Department of Health)