Irish Deaf Society

Lobbying Organisation Irish Deaf Society

Date published 08 Sep, 2017

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 May, 2017 to 31 Aug, 2017

Specific Details Irish Deaf Society (IDS) and Senator Mark Daly submitted the Irish Sign Language Bill to the Senead to debate on the third stage and was passed on 21st June 2017

Intended results The Bill was passed unamiously on the third stage of the Senead and move on to the fourth stage in the Autumn

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Senator Mark Daly, Lianne Quigley Chairperson of IDS and Dr. John Bosco Conama

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?) Yes

Current or Former Designated Public Official(s)

Mark Daly (Former DPO) Senator (Seanad)

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? Yes

What is the directive you gave to the grassroots campaigners? We asked our National Council members of IDS to help out with the campaign by contacting their local Senators and held meetings with them along with Deaf members of the community.

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Meeting (6-10)

We held few meetings with political parties such as FF, FG, Labour etc with some TD's and Senators to explain about the Bill and to support the Bill.

Designated public officials lobbied

There were no DPOs directly lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area.