CRSS trading as Cork Marriage Counselling Centre

Lobbying Organisation CRSS trading as Cork Marriage Counselling Centre

Date published 06 Jan, 2016

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Children and Youth Affairs

Period 1 Sep, 2015 to 31 Dec, 2015

Specific Details To seek additional funding for Marriage Counselling, Family and Child Counselling to ensure the survival of Cork Marriage Counselling Centre and its viability in the future

Intended results To reverse the cuts of Counselling Grants to Cork Marriage Counselling Centre and to increase funding under the Scheme of Grants to Counselling Organisations from Tusla the Child and Family Agency. Restoration of Multi annual funding for Cork Carriage Counselling Centre to ensure its viability in the future

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Joan Keohane, Company Secretary, CRSS Limited trading as Cork Marriage Counselling Centre.

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.

Letter (1)

Submissions by way of letter dated 20th. October, 2015 addressed to the following: Minister Simon Coveney, TD Minister of State at Department of Health Ms Kathleen Lynch TD Mr. Jerry Buttimer TD Mr. Michael McGrath TD Mr. Ciaran Lynch TD Mr. Dara Murphy TD Mr. Billy Kelleher TD Mr. Jonathan O'Brien 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.

James Reilly Minister (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)

Simon Coveney Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Jerry Buttimer TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Billy Kelleher TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ciaran Lynch TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Kathleen Lynch TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael McGrath TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Dara Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jonathan O'Brien TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)