Sage Advocacy

Lobbying Organisation Sage Advocacy

Date published 20 Sep, 2017

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 May, 2017 to 31 Aug, 2017

Specific Details The Oireachtas Committee on Health were commencing consideration of safeguarding legislation and Sage would welcome an opportunity to appear before the committee to put forward our ideas on this matter

Intended results Sage would like to use our experience to illustrate some of the challenges involved and the issues that need to be considered regarding Safeguarding legislation

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Mervyn Taylor

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)

Mr. Haran agreed to contact when the the next scheduled meeting occurs on the topic of 'Adult Safeguarding'

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.

Michael Harty TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)