The National Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities

Lobbying Organisation The National Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities

Date published 19 Sep, 2025

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 May, 2025 to 31 Aug, 2025

Specific Details National Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities (NAS)

Intended results Inform Senator Tom Clonan about the work of the National Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities (NAS) and discuss NAS resourcing.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Joanne Condon, National Manager at National Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities (NAS)

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.

Virtual Meeting (1)

Joanne Condon, National Manager at the National Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities (NAS), and Suzy Byrne, Regional Manager for the Greater Dublin Region at NAS, met with Senator Tom Clonan online on 13th May. They discussed the work of NAS and NAS resourcing.

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.

Tom Clonan Senator (Seanad)