The National Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities

Lobbying Organisation The National Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities

Date published 07 May, 2025

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Energy and Natural Resources

Period 1 Jan, 2025 to 30 Apr, 2025

Specific Details Met with the policy teams within each political party to discuss the resourcing issue of our service - the National Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities.

Intended results To increase awareness of our service and what we do, and to inform the policy teams of our resourcing issue with a view to putting this issue on the political agenda. Our ultimate goal is to increase the funding of our service.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Charlotte Olhausen

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.

Email (11-20)

I emailed the Policy teams within each political party - Fine Fail, Fine Gael, Social Democrats, Labour and Sinn Fein to arrange a meeting with them to discuss our service, what we do, and to inform them of the resourcing issue within our service. I also emailed Senator Tom Clonan requesting a meeting re same.

Virtual Meeting (1)

My colleague and I, NAS National Manager Joanne Condon, met with the policy officers/advisors/teams of the following political parties: Sinn Fein, Fine Fail, Fine Gael, Labour, Social Democrats. We also met with the Sinn Fein Disability Spokesperson and the Labour Disability Spokesperson for the same reasons.

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.

Laura Harmon Senator (Seanad)

Ruairí Ó Murchú TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Cathal McCann Political Director (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Sarah Lyons Special Adviser (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Eamon Murphy Political Director (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Peter Harper Political Director (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Miriam Murphy Political Director (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Tom Clonan Senator (Seanad)