National Women's Council of Ireland

Lobbying Organisation National Women's Council of Ireland

Date published 18 Sep, 2025

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Budgetary matters

Period 1 May. 2025 to 31 Aug. 2025

Specific Details Budget 2026

Intended results To advocate for key inclusions for women and gender equality in Budget 2026, as outlined in NWC Pre-Budget Submission 2026

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Orla O'Connor; Kate Mitchell; Donal Swan

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 An email invite to NWC PBS launch was sent to all TDs and Senators on 03/07/2025. The NWC PBS online launch was on 10/07/2025. Following this, circulation of NWC PBS document was carried out on 16/07/2025 to All Oireachtas members

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (6-10)

Email request to meet 24/07/2025 from Orla O'Connor to Min James Browne TD; Min Dara Calleary TD; Mary Lou McDonald TD; Ivana Bacik TD; Cian O'Callaghan TD; Ruth Coppinger TD; Roderic O'Gorman TD.

Meeting (1)

This was an in-person drop-in session

Email (6-10)

Email sent outlining specific asks on 07/08/2025 from Kate Mitchell to Minister Jennifer Carroll McNeill TD; Min Norma Foley TD; Min Jim O'Callaghan; Min Mary Butler TD, Min Darragh O'Brien 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.

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

Dara Calleary Minister (Department of Social Protection)

Mary Lou McDonald TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ivana Bacik TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

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

Ruth Coppinger TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Roderic O'Gorman TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill Minister (Department of Health)

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

Jim O'Callaghan Minister (Department of Justice)

Mary Butler TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

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

Joe Cooney TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Sinéad Gibney TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

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

Mark Wall TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Shane Curley Senator (Seanad)

Nessa Cosgrove Senator (Seanad)

Alan Harney Councillor (Galway County Council)