Inclusion Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Inclusion Ireland

Date published 25 Sep, 2015

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Sep, 2015 to 31 Dec, 2015

Specific Details Direct Payments, Personal Assistance (PA) Services, UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Legislation and Employment opportunities.

Intended results Secure agreement on widespread Government reforms for disability sector including the introduction of Direct Payments, protection of Personal Assistance (PA) Services, enactment of UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and enactment of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Legislation and agreement on improved employment opportunities for persons with disabilities.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Inclusion Ireland CEO Paddy Connolly.

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.

Meeting (1)

Meeting took place on Wednesday, September 16th at Government Buildings (6.30pm) and was also attended by Center for Independent Living CEO Gary Lee, disability rights activists Martin Naughton, Michael McCabe and Shelly Gaynor. A 'Right to Reform' document was presented at the meeting and is available at the following link: http://www.inclusionireland.ie/sites/default/files/attach/news-item/1337/righttoreformfinal.pdf

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.

Enda Kenny Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)

Kathleen Lynch Minister of State (Department of Health)