National Principals' Forum

Lobbying Organisation National Principals' Forum

Date published 30 Sep, 2020

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Education and Training

Period 1 May, 2020 to 31 Aug, 2020

Specific Details We wrote to the Minister for Education Norma Foley and Junior Ministers Madigan and Rabbitte to highlight our concerns regarding school re-opening and to seek timely guidance from the DES.

Intended results Timely guidance on school re-opening.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Angela Dunne

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? Yes

What is the directive you gave to the grassroots campaigners? Write to the Ministers concerning Education and seek timely school re-opening guidnace.

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (2-5)

We emailed Ministers Foley, Rabbitte and Madigan from our email account. We encouraged other principals to do the saem through social media respectfully.

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.

Norma Foley Minister (Department of Education)

Anne Rabbitte Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)

Josepha Madigan Minister of State (Department of Education and Skills)