Womens Aid

Lobbying Organisation Womens Aid

Date published 16 Sep, 2020

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 May, 2020 to 31 Aug, 2020

Specific Details Launch of Women's Aid Annual Impact Report 2019

Intended results Create awareness of the prevalence and impact of domestic violence on Women and Children.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Sarah Benson

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

Mass communications

Email All Oireachtas Members Emailed an invitation to the launch of Women's Aid Impact Report 2019 and a supplementary report on the impacts of Covid 19 on victims of Domestic abuse. Also emailed a copy of the press release and link to the reports to all Oireachtas members on 20th August 2019.

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (2-5)

A request issued to Roderic O'Gorman T.D. to speak at the event (to be held on Zoom) on 20 August 2020

Email (1)

Invitation to Minister McEntee T.D. to attend the Women’s Aid 2019 Annual Impact Report Launch and to meet with Sarah Benson, CEO Women's Aid.

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.

Roderic O'Gorman Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)

Helen McEntee Minister (Department of Justice)