Family Carers Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Family Carers Ireland

Date published 19 Sep, 2025

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Community

Period 1 May, 2025 to 31 Aug, 2025

Specific Details FCI Pre- Budget Submissions 2026

Intended results Incorporate FCI proposals into policy/ actions in 2026 budget

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Jason Carroll, Karen McCullagh, Eimear Hoey, Clare Duffy, Catherine Cox, john Dunne, Sharon Foley, Danielle Dunne, Michelle Moriarty, Patricia Blee, Fiona Hartigan, Richie Molloy, Edel Mc Ginley, Grainne Quinn, peter Cox, Aisling Kinsella, Jean Ryan & Beth Wogan

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 Oireachtas Members email re pre budget submission for 2026- Clare Duffy

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (1)

James Browne, Mary Butler & David Cullinane

Meeting (1)

John Cummins

Email (1)

Jack Chambers & Paul Mc Auliffe

Email (2-5)

Charlie Mc Conalogue

Event / Reception (1)

Mattie McGrath TD Natasha Newsome Drennan TD Pat ‘The Cope’ Gallagher TD Pat Buckley TD Paudie O’Sullivan TD Rose Conway Walsh TD Shane Moynihan TD Senator Anne Rabbitte Senator Aubrey McCarthy Senator Evanne Ní Chuilinn Senator Imelda Goldsboro Senator Linda Nelson Murray Senator Marie Byrne Senator Mark Duffy Senator Pauline O’Reilly Senator Robbie Gallagher Senator Ronan Mullen Senator Victor Boylan Senator Joe O’Reilly Senator Joe Conway Senator Pauline Tully

Meeting (1)

Peter Cleere

Meeting (1)

Natasha Newsome Drennan

Email (1)

Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor Deputy John McGuinness Deputy Peter Cleere Deputy Catherine Callaghan

Email (1)

Albert Dolan, Peter Roche, Seán Canney, John Connolly, Hildegard Naughton, Catherine Connolly, Noel Grealish, Mairead Farrell

Meeting (1)

Albert Dolan, Peter Roche, Seán Canney, Mairead Farrell

Email (1)

John Connolly, Hildegard Naughton, Catherine Connolly, Noel Grealish

Email (2-5)

Eamonn Scanlon TD Martin Kenny TD

Meeting (1)

Marti Kenny

Meeting (2-5)

Michael Murphy

Meeting (2-5)

Seamus Healy

Meeting (2-5)

Mattie Mc Grath

Meeting (1)

Norma Foley

Email (1)

Cathal Crowe Timmy Dooley Joe Cooney Donna Mc Gettigan

Email (2-5)

Ryan O’Meara Michael Lowry

Meeting (1)

Cathal Crowe Timmy Dooley Joe Cooney Donna Mc Gettigan Ryan O’Meara

Email (2-5)

Brendan Smith & David Maxwell

Email (2-5)

Emer Higgins Paul Gogarty Aengus Osnodaigh Maire Devine Catherine Ardagh

Email (1)

Cork TD's below- peter cox

Email (1)

Deputy Tom Brabazon Deputy Naoise O Muiri Deputy Barry Heneghan Minister Paschal Donohoe Deputy Mary Lou McDonald Deputy Gary Gannon Minister Darragh O Brien Deputy Grace Bolond

Email (1)

Deputy Marie Sherlock

Email (1)

Limerick TD's & Councilors below

Email (1)

Carol Nolan TD Tony Mc Cormack TD Sean Fleming TD William Aird TD Minister Peter Burke Michael Carrigy TD Minister Kevin Moran Minister Robert Troy Minister Thomas Byrne Paula Butterly TD Minister Helen Mc Entee Gillian O Toole TD Aisling Dempsey TD

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 Government Chief Whip and Minister (Department of the Taoiseach)

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

David Cullinane TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John Cummins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

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

Paul McAuliffe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

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

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

Brian Brennan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Brian Stanley TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Emer Currie TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Erin McGreehan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Frank Feighan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John Clendennen TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

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

Johnny Mythen TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

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

Malcolm Byrne TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mattie McGrath TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Cahill TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Natasha Newsome Drennan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

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

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

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

Shane Moynihan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Anne Rabbitte Senator (Seanad)

Aubrey McCarthy Senator (Seanad)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn Senator (Seanad)

Imelda Goldsboro Senator (Seanad)

Linda Nelson Murray Senator (Seanad)

Maria Byrne Senator (Seanad)

Mark Duffy Senator (Seanad)

Pauline O'Reilly Senator (Seanad)

Robbie Gallagher Senator (Seanad)

Rónán Mullen Senator (Seanad)

Victor Boyhan Senator (Seanad)

Joe O'Reilly Senator (Seanad)

Joe Conway Senator (Seanad)

Pauline Tully Senator (Seanad)

Peter Cleere Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John McGuinness TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Catherine Callaghan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mairéad Farrell TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

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

Albert Dolan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Peter Roche TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Canney TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Catherine Connolly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Hildegarde Naughton Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)

John Connolly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Martin Kenny TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Eamon Scanlon TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seamus Healy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

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

Cathal Crowe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Timmy Dooley Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Joe Cooney TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Donna McGettigan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

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

Michael Lowry TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Brendan Smith TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

David Maxwell TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Emer Higgins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paul Nicholas Gogarty TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Máire Devine TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Catherine Ardagh 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)

Aindrias Moynihan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Moynihan Minister of State (Department of Education)

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

Colm Burke Minister of State (Department of Health)

Pádraig Rice TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Micheál Martin An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)

Seamus McGrath TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Collins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Holly Cairns TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

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

Tom Brabazon TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Naoise Ó Muirí TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Barry Heneghan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paschal Donohoe Minister (Department of Finance)

Marie Sherlock TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mary Lou McDonald TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Gary Gannon TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

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

Grace Boland TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Abul Kalam Azad Talukder Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Adam Teskey Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Bridie Collins Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Brigid Teefy Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Catherine Slattery Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Conor Sheehan Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Dan McSweeney Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Daniel Butler Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Eddie Ryan Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Elena Secas Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Elisa O'Donovan Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Emmett O'Brien Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Fergus Kilcoyne Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Francis Foley Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Frankie Daly Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Ger Ward Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Gerald Mitchell Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Gregory Conway Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

James Clune Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

James Collins Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Jerome Scanlan Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Jerry O'Dea Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Joe Leddin Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Joe Pond Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

John Costelloe Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

John Egan Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

John O'Donoghue Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

John Sheahan Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Kevin Sheahan Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Kieran O'Hanlon Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Liam Galvin Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Maria Donoghue Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Martin Ryan Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Michael Collins Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Michael Donegan Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Michael Murphy Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Michael Sheahan Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Noreen Stokes Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Olivia O'Sullivan Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Peter Doyle Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

PJ Carey Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Sarah Beasley Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Sarah Kiely Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Sasa Novak Uí Chonchúir Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Sean Hartigan Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Shane Hickey-O’Mara Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Sharon Benson Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Stephen Keary Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Tom Collopy Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Tom Ruddle Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Tommy Hartigan Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Tommy O'Sullivan Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Ursula Gavan Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Niall Collins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

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

Patrick O'Donovan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paula Butterly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Carol Nolan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Tony McCormack TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Fleming TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

William Aird TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Thomas Byrne Minister of State (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Helen McEntee Minister (Department of Education)

Gillian Toole TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Aisling Dempsey TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Peter Burke Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)

Micheál Carrigy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Robert Troy Minister of State (Department of Finance)

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