Disability Federation of Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Disability Federation of Ireland

Date published 15 May, 2020

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Jan, 2020 to 30 Apr, 2020

Specific Details Correspondence from 7 Nominating Bodies of the Administrative Panel seeking the nomination of John Dolan, CEO of the Disability Federation of Ireland, to Seanad Eireann

Intended results For John Dolan, CEO of the Disability Federation of Ireland, to be nominated to Seanad Eireann

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Gary Lee, DFI Chairperson

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.

Letter (2-5)

2 letters were sent via email on Wednesday 15 April to An Taoiseah, Leo Varadkar & Deputy Micheál Martin seeking the nomination of John Dolan to Seanad Eireann. These were joint letters from 7 Nominating Bodies of the Administrative Panel co-signed by: 1. Gary Lee, DFI Chairperson 2. Enda Egan, CEO Inclusion Ireland 3. John-Mark McCafferty, CEO Threshold 4. Rosemary Keogh, CEO IWA 5. John O'Sullivan, CEO Enable Ireland 6. Catherine Bond, CEO Irish Foster Care Association 7. Liam O'Sullivan, Executive Director Irish Foster Care Association

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.

Leo Varadkar Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)

Micheál Martin Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)