Peter McVerry Trust (Peter McVerry Trust)

Lobbying Organisation Peter McVerry Trust

Date published 20 Jan, 2016

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Sep, 2015 to 31 Dec, 2015

Specific Details Funding with regards to Residential Community Detox Service

Intended results To discuss the future financing of Residential Community Detox

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity CEO and Director of Services

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)

An email was issued to the Senator in respect of his work as chair of the North Dublin Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Force. The content on the email raised the issue of the proposed future financing arrangements for the service.

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.

Darragh O'Brien Senator (Seanad)