Disability Federation of Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Disability Federation of Ireland

Date published 21 Sep, 2017

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Community

Period 1 May, 2017 to 31 Aug, 2017

Specific Details Conducting an evaluation of Local Area Coordination and considering if it should be run in 2018.

Intended results Local Area coordination programme run for 2017 evaluated and consider whether it should be continued in 2018.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Laura English

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.

Informal communication (1)

Attended conference of Cavan Disability Network. Spoke to Caoimhghín Ó'Caoláin, TD, about local area cordination - explained that no proper evaluation has been done yet and we feel it should be continued in 2018.

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.

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)