NCBI

Lobbying Organisation NCBI

Date published 17 Jan, 2019

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Education and Training

Period 1 Sep, 2018 to 31 Dec, 2018

Specific Details Issues in education for children who are blind or vision impaired such as, the current referral system to Visiting Teachers needs to be available to children at all stages of sight loss to accesses supports, concern around children attending primary school not accessing the services so vital for their educational needs and the fact that numbers of people who are blind or vision impaired going onto third level are low.

Intended results Adequate education for children who are blind or vision impaired.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Chris White

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)

Letter emailed highlighting issues in education for children who are blind or vision impaired such as, the current referral system to Visiting Teachers need to be available to children at all stages of sight loss to accesses supports. The letter expressed concern that children attending primary school are not accessing the services so vital for their educational needs and also the low numbers reaching third level education.

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.

Richard Bruton Minister (Department of Education and Skills)