Ability West

Lobbying Organisation Ability West

Date published 15 May, 2020

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Education and Training

Period 1 Jan, 2020 to 30 Apr, 2020

Specific Details To advocate for the restoration of the Rehabilitative Training Allowance to first year and future year entrants to the R.T. programme in Ability West

Intended results To have the allowance reinstated for the trainees accessing this programme in Ability West's service in Tuam

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Mary Garvey

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 (1)

Invitation to Minister Sean Canney to visit Ability West's St. Joseph's Training Service (Tuam) to meet with the trainees on the Rehabilitative Programme

Meeting (1)

Minister Canney visited the service on 3rd February 2020 to meet with trainees to discuss the issue.

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.

Sean Canney Minister of State (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)