National Youth Council of Ireland

Lobbying Organisation National Youth Council of Ireland

Date published 20 Jan, 2017

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Employment

Period 1 Sep, 2016 to 31 Dec, 2016

Specific Details Measures to support quality employment for young people, address youth unemployment and address sub-minima rates of minimum wage which impacts on young people

Intended results To influence Government policy on youth employment, unemployment and minimum wage

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity James Doorley

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.

Meeting (1)

September 1st, at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation as part of delegation from the Community and Voluntary Pillar

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.

Mary Mitchell O'Connor Minister (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)

John Murphy Secretary General (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)

Pat Breen Minister of State (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)

Declan Hughes Assistant Secretary (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)

Jim McGrath Special Advisor (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)