Threshold

Lobbying Organisation Threshold

Date published 23 Sep, 2020

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 May, 2020 to 31 Aug, 2020

Specific Details Correspondence from 7 Nominating Bodies of the Administrative Panel seeking 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 John-Mark McCafferty

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 follow up / reminder letters were sent via email on Wednesday 24 June to An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar & Deputy Micheal Martin seeking the nomination of John Dolan to Seanad Eireann.

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.

Micheál Martin Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Leo Varadkar Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)