The Rutland Centre Ltd

Lobbying Organisation The Rutland Centre Ltd

Date published 12 Jan, 2017

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Sep, 2016 to 31 Dec, 2016

Specific Details Rutland were represented at an ATCI (Addiction Treatment Centres of Ireland) meeting in Hawkins House with Minister Catherine Byrne. The issue of funding for the Rutland was raised by the representative during the course of the meeting with a request that the Minister consider funding options available.

Intended results That Rutland Centre DAC would be considered in future funding programmes.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Maebh Leahy

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

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Meeting (1)

Rutland were represented at an ATCI (Addiction Treatment Centres of Ireland) meeting in Hawkins House with Minister Catherine Byrne. The issue of funding for the Rutland was raised by the representative during the course of the meeting with a request that the Minister consider funding options available.

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.

Catherine Byrne Minister of State (Department of Health)