Irish Association of Speech and Language Therapists

Lobbying Organisation Irish Association of Speech and Language Therapists

Date published 21 May, 2017

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Jan, 2017 to 30 Apr, 2017

Specific Details Speech and Language Therapy Service

Intended results Dedicated funding for a research unit in IASLT

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Niamh Davis

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)

The meeting was scheduled to take place at Leinster House with Simon Harris. At the last minute he sent his apologies and the meeting was moved to Hawkins house. The intention of the lobbyists was that the information presented and discussed at the meeting would be shared with Minister Harris

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.

Simon Harris Minister (Department of Health)