National Adult Literacy Agency

Lobbying Organisation National Adult Literacy Agency

Date published 20 May, 2025

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Education and Training

Period 1 Jan, 2025 to 30 Apr, 2025

Specific Details Results of OECD Survey of Adult Skills 2023

Intended results We were looking for the continued general support of the Labour Party in holding the government to account in relation to the worsening literacy needs found in the OECD Survey of Adult Skills 2023

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Aoife Crawford

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 (2-5)

We sent an email on 11 Feb 2025 to Deputy Ivana Bacik & Labour's Political Director, with Deputies Gerald Nash, Duncan Smith, Conor Sheehan & Mark Wall, & Senator Annie Hoey, in CC. In the email we shared a link to a 9 Feb 2025 article in the Journal about the results of the OECD Survey of Adult Skills 2023, titled "Saints and Scholars? Not really, Irish people are becoming less literate". The Political Director replied to say he had shared the article with Senator Laura Harmon & Eoghan Kenny TD

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.

Ivana Bacik TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ged Nash TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Duncan Smith TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Conor Sheehan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mark Wall TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Annie Hoey Senator (Seanad)