Alcohol Action Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Alcohol Action Ireland

Date published 15 Sep, 2026

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Sep. 2026 to 31 Dec. 2026

Specific Details Alcohol and road safety

Intended results Awareness of drink driving issues including need for greater resources for policing in this area.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Eoin Ryan, Sheila Gilheany, Eoin Fogarty, Conor Keane

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 Invitation to webinar on alcohol and road safety

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (21-30)

Emails sent to selected DPOs re report from AAI on alcohol and road safety and webinar invitation.

Meeting (1)

Meeting with Minister Sean Canney in Leinster House, 12 May 2026

Virtual Meeting (1)

Meeting with Pa Daly online, 8 June 2026

Meeting (1)

Meeting with Oireachtas Transport Committee to give evidence on drink driving. 13 May 2026.

Meeting (1)

Meeting with Ciaran Ahern in Leinster House as part of a Labour Party round table discussion on road safety on 29 July 2026.

Social Media (6-10)

Phone call (1)

Phone call with Prof Denis Cusack

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.

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

Professor Denis Cusack Director (Medical Bureau of Road Safety)

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

Sean Canney Minister of State (Department of Transport)

Jim O'Callaghan Minister (Department of Justice)

Doncha O'Sullivan Secretary General (Department of Justice)

Ciarán Ahern TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Pa Daly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Shane Moynihan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Grace Boland TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Collins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Cathal Crowe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Emer Currie TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

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

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

Lorraine Clifford-Lee Senator (Seanad)

Joanne Collins Senator (Seanad)

Nessa Cosgrove Senator (Seanad)

Mark Duffy Senator (Seanad)

Imelda Goldsboro Senator (Seanad)

Michael Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)