Inclusion Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Inclusion Ireland

Date published 23 May, 2017

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Jan, 2017 to 30 Apr, 2017

Specific Details Congregated Settings

Intended results To ask Sinn Fein TD Louise O'Reilly to find out from the Minister for Health Simon Harris why persons with disabilities were moved back into institutionalised residential settings in 2015 which is contrary to Government’s own decongregation policy.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Communications & Information Officer Cormac Cahill

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 (1)

PQ of Minister for Health Simon Harris: “To ask the Minister for Health Simon Harris the reasons why 41 people with disabilities moved into institutions in 2015 which was revealed in the recently-published 2015 Annual Report from the implementation group for ‘Time to Move On From Congregated Settings: A Strategy for Community Inclusion’. Moving people with disabilities into institutionalised settings is contrary to the Government’s own policy on decongregation. I would ask the Minister if he will make a statement on the matter.”

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.

Louise O'Reilly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)