Waterford & South Tipperary Community Youth Service

Lobbying Organisation Waterford & South Tipperary Community Youth Service

Date published 29 Apr, 2021

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Community

Period 1 Jan, 2021 to 30 Apr, 2021

Specific Details A meeting was held with Minister of State Mary Butler at her request to discuss LGBTI Mental Health & Trans healthcare

Intended results Raise ministers awareness of concerns and issues involved for a very vulnerable and often overlooked target group This meeting was requested by the Minister and obviously she wanted to understand more about the issues concerned directly from those affected

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Christina Fogarty

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.

Meeting (1)

A meeting was held by zoom on the 20th April 2021 which lasted for 1.5 hours approximately. There were 12 people present from our organisation - 9 young people and 3 staff.

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.

Mary Butler Minister of State (Department of Health)