Relevant Matter
Matters involving public funds
Public Policy Area
Education and Training
Period
1 Sep, 2024 to 31 Dec, 2024
Specific Details
We created a Budget 2025 Campaign poster and emailed it to all TDs and Senators - following up from a meeting some NPF lobbyists and other Principals held in the AV Room in Leinster House in June 24 seeking greater supports for Primary Education
Intended results
We intended to give politicians the information they needed to be more congisant of the specific issues maligning Primary Education, so that these would feature on political Budget Manifestos and thus ensure a positive outcome and badly needed increase in allocation of funding for Primary Education.
Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity
Angela Dunne and NPF Admins
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?
Yes
What is the directive you gave to the grassroots campaigners?
We shared our Budget Campaign Poster on Social media and asked followers to share this information with their local representatives. We also emailed the Budget Campaign material to all TDs and Senators.
Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client?
No
Mass communications
Email All Oireachtas Members
A budget 2025 Campaign poster and information leaflet was produced and sent to all Oireachtas Members. It outlined deficiencies in funding for primary schools, lack of supports for pupils with additional needs and lack of supports for teaching principals and school leadership, and sought remedies via budgetary support.
Lobbying activity
No lobbying activity recorded during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area.
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.
Norma Foley
Minister (Department of Education)
Hildegarde Naughton
Minister of State (Department of Education)
Roderic O'Gorman
Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)
Anne Rabbitte
Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)