Saint John of God Community Services Limited

Lobbying Organisation Saint John of God Community Services Limited

Date published 10 Sep, 2025

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Finance

Period 1 May, 2025 to 31 Aug, 2025

Specific Details Trying to increase funding for housing and to resolve reduced respite and trying to gain access to CAS/CALF funding.

Intended results To increase respite and residential options/ appropriately funded services. The new policy on CAS Funding going in under Social Funding and lack of funds in the Co Meath & Co Louth budgets under CAS to purchase houses for people with Intellectual Disability. The fact now that people with Intellectual disability are not allowed to use CALF funding going forward however CAS funding was made available to purchase a property in Co Meath

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Carmona Parents & Friends Group and Management Team Dublin South East and Paula Hand, Regional Director of North East Services in relation to CAS/CALF Funding

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? Yes

Client(s)

Client 1

Full Name Contact - Paula Hand Regional Director St John of God Community North East Service - CAS/CALF Funding

CRO number (if applicable)

Principal Address Hilltop, Ardee Road Dundalk Co Louth

Email paula.hand@sjog.ie

Contact phone number 042 9334663

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Letter (31-50)

Letters and emails were sent by families of those we support to the public officials and a group met with B Gloster

Phone call (2-5)

Phoned Minister O'Murchu's Office - CALF/CAS

Email (1)

Emailed Minister O'Murchu's office - CALF/CAS

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.

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Richard Boyd Barrett TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Cormac Devlin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Bernard Gloster Chief Executive Officer (Health Service Executive)

Ruairí Ó Murchú TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)