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Parkinson's Ireland
Health
- Wrote to the representative to advocate for our pre-budget requests to be included in their parties alternative budget.
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Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA)
Finance
- Lobbied Government officials on IWA's Prebudget submission, which included areas such as Cost of Disability Payment, Funding for services, Transport, Housing, Community Services Access and Sport
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The Psychological Society of Ireland
· 5 returns
Health · Justice and Equality
- Text and email communications sent to Deputy Liam Quaide regarding the proposed Mental Health Bill 2024 (MHB2024).
- Email sent to opposition party TDs circulating the PSI’s Press Release advocating for a Shared Governance Leadership Model in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).
- Joint letter from the PSI and allied professional bodies to TDs outlining concerns re the HSE’s draft Autism Assessment & Intervention Protocol, including Tier 1 assessments, alignment with best practice, and calling for urgent engagement with the HSE.
- Meeting with Deputies Liam Quaide and Rory Hearne on the Mental Health Bill 2024, Proposed Amendments, and Assessment of Need Policy
- Circulation of PSI Press Release to Oireachtas Members (opposition TDs) Calling for an End to the Use of Therapy Notes in Rape and Sexual Assault Cases
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Simon Communities of Ireland
· 2 returns
Housing · Social Protection
- In-person meeting with Deputy Liam Quaide and Soc Dems staff
- Appearance before Joint Committee on Social Protection
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Inclusion Ireland
· 2 returns
Budgetary matters
- Inclusion Ireland, along with colleagues from other organisations making up the Oireachtas Disability Group, met with the Social Democrats' Disability spokesperson Liam Quaide TD present our collective priorities ahead of Budget 2026.
- We contacted Deputies Quaide, Cummins, O'Callaghan, and Rice in their respective capacities as the Social Democrats' disability, finance, social protection, education, and health spokespeople, to invite them to a briefing of Inclusion Ireland's Pre-Budget Submission's priorities, along with a fully copy of the document for their consideration.
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Creative Retail Distribution Limited
· 2 returns
Taxation
- Support for Classification of HHC as a Schedule 1 Controlled Drug
- Email concerning the E-liquids Products Tax and concerns around the mechanism chosen to implement the tax via self-declaration rather than as a tax-stamp. Hale also referred to research commissioned from KPMG which raised several important policy considerations around the E-Liquids products tax including the potential for a surge in illicit and grey market sales.