Relevant Matter
Public policy or programme
Public Policy Area
Community
Period
1 Sep, 2017 to 31 Dec, 2017
Specific Details
Request for support for the Make Way Day Campaign
Intended results
Establishment of an official annual National and locally based Make Way Day - where awareness is raised about how obstacles on footpaths can obstruct people with disabilities.
Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity
laura English and Aoife Delaney
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?
Yes
What is the directive you gave to the grassroots campaigners?
Yes. Requested that grassroots campaigners participate in raising awareness of Make Way Day (a campaign to highlight how obstacles left on public paths by the public may be an obstacle for people with disabilities) and lobby public representatives to support and call for the establishment of an annual, national and locally based Make Way Day, by signing the petition present on DFI website and social media platforms to go to Minister Finian McGrath and Government or by communicating with public representatives about the importance of the issue, through social media or more directly by sharing the text of a draft motion and asking them to propose it at local council meetings.
Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client?
No
Mass communications
Informal communication All Councillors
All councillors in Wicklow, Limerick City, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown and Louth :
Council motion discussed/shared with and advocated directly to Dun Laoightre-Rathdown Co. Council, via Cllr. Tom Murphy, Cathaoirleach, Wicklow, via Cllr. Miriam Murphy, Cathaoirleach, Louth, via Pio Smith and Limerick (city and county) via Cllr. Stephen Keary Lord Mayor
Laura English called on all Wicklow Councillors to support the proposed council motion at a montly council meeting.
Lobbying activity
The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.
Social Media (2-5)
2 tweets were directed to Minister Finian McGrath TD
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.
Finian McGrath
TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)