National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland

Lobbying Organisation National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland

Date published 18 May, 2017

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Children and Youth Affairs

Period 1 Jan, 2017 to 30 Apr, 2017

Specific Details Information Sharing and Data Protection issues

Intended results With the object of seeking assistance to improve the monitoring and safeguarding of children in the Catholic Church in Ireland with legislative guidance

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity John Morgan, Chair and Teresa Devlin , CEO

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)

Meeting with Minister Zappone in her offices on 22 February. Guidance was sought on advancing the need for Ministerial regulations on information sharing.

Meeting (1)

Meeting on 26 April with Ms. Eimear Fisher, Assistant Secretary, accompanied by two senior officials as a follow up to the meeting on 22 February

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.

Katherine Zappone Minister (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)

Eimear Fisher Assistant Secretary (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)