Pat Buckley

Influence allocation of funding for family support services.::Inform local public representative about our work in their constitutency.

Briefing of stakeholders on future opportunities and challenges to diabetes management in Ireland

Highlight shortcomings of winter plan for 2019/20 and recruitment process for front line posts.

Increased funding: AT, Community-based & respite services, personal budgets, rehabilitation, Crisis funding for services, Reform of fundinf structures and sources, Transport grant & access, Medical Card earnings disregard, Disability Allowance, Employment activation & wage…

To make recommendations to the members of the Joint Oireachtas Committee to improve mental health service provision for young people in Ireland. Specifically in relation to Listening to children, reducing current waiting lists, Implementation of the Pathfinder project, and…

To pursue better outcomes for unemployed people and others of working age from Budget 2020. In particular to ensure that there is a better understanding of the role and interaction between adequate income, supportive employment services, good activation programmes, access to…

To secure more inclusive, constructive and well resourced social protection, education and training and employment policies and outcomes.

Growing awareness of Ireland's new HSE excellent HIV prevention programme and it's ''PrEP'' medicine.

Attendance at an event presenting the Medicines for Ireland Manifesto 2019

To ensure that cattle price returns are in line with the EU/UK average and to ensure that farmers get a fair price for their cattle to ensure a income as they are encountering severe income difficulties as a result of the falling prices.::A comprehensive package of market…

Raise awareness of the Green Ribbon Campaign::Inviting Oireachtas members to attend 'Let's Talk and Walk' events which are taking place at various locations around the country.::To get people openly talking about mental health and to remove the stigma surrounding these issues.

Highlight the high rate of excise tax in Ireland and seek a reduction

Progression of the Climate Emergency Measures Bill to third stage debate in the Dáil

To inform of SWAI success working with Gardai to deliver 20 year jail sentence to serial rapist despite 20% decrease in amount of workers wanting to engage with Gardai due to the law.

Press release to inform policy-makers that under the new brothel-keeping law in the legislation, two sex workers, one of whom is pregnant were given 9 month jail sentences (not the pimps or traffickers the law purportedly targets).