Home and Community Care Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Home and Community Care Ireland

Date published 18 Jan, 2024

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Sep, 2023 to 31 Dec, 2023

Specific Details Meetings and briefings on general issues affecting home care sector

Intended results To inform Members of issues impacting the home care sector including waiting lists, recruitment, social welfare reform and the Statutory Home Support Scheme

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.

Virtual Meeting (1)

Quarterly meeting with Minister Mary Butler to discuss home care issues including home support authorisation scheme, Budget 2024, the Statutory Home Support Scheme and CDSWAG.

Event / Reception (1)

Minister Mary Butler spoke at HCCI's Annual Conference in Dublin

Virtual Meeting (1)

Meeting with Roisin Shortall TD to discuss home care issues including home support authorisation scheme, Budget 2024, the Statutory Home Support Scheme and CDSWAG.

Virtual Meeting (1)

Meeting with Senator Fiona O'Loughlin and Senator Emer Currie to discuss Women's Caucus motion on care and home care issues

Virtual Meeting (1)

Meeting with some of Regional Independent Group to discuss home care issues including home support authorisation scheme, the Statutory Home Support Scheme and CDSWAG.

Virtual Meeting (1)

Meeting with Donnchadh O Laoghaire TD to discuss social welfare reform

Virtual Meeting (1)

Meeting with Colm Burke TD to discuss home care issues including home support authorisation scheme, the Statutory Home Support Scheme and CDSWAG.

Email (21-30)

Emails to offices of Members listed above to facilitate meeting and share agendas and supporting information.

Email (11-20)

Emails to offices of Duncan Smith TD, David Cullinane TD, Brian Leddin TD, and Paul McAuliffe TD re meetings that did not take place.

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.

Mary Butler Minister of State (Department of Health)

Róisín Shorthall TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Fiona O'Loughlin Senator (Seanad)

Emer Currie Senator (Seanad)

Denis Naughten TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Canney TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Peter Fitzpatrick TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Verona Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Cathal Berry TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Matt Shanahan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Lowry TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Noel Grealish TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Colm Burke TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Duncan Smith TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

David Cullinane TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paul McAuliffe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Brian Leddin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)