Cavanagh Communications

Lobbying Organisation Cavanagh Communications

Date published 21 Jan, 2016

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Children and Youth Affairs

Period 1 Sep, 2015 to 31 Dec, 2015

Specific Details 14/10/15 Cavanagh Communications sent an Email sent to Kathleen Lynch TD requesting information to clarify if Budget Funding for SLTs had been awarded Happy Talk

Intended results Clarity on if funding had being awarded in the budget and if so what would happen next

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Ronan Cavanagh, Cavanagh Communications

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? Yes

Client(s)

Client 1

Company name Happy Talk

CRO number (if applicable)

Company address Cork City Partnership, Level 1, Heron House, Blackpool retail centre, Cork City

Main business or activity

Company website http://corkcitypartnership.ie/children-aged-0-6/happy-talk/

Contact email address aoshea@corkcitypartnership.ie

Contact phone number T: +353 21 430 2310

Contact address Cork City Partnership, Level 1, Heron House, Blackpool retail centre, Cork City

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (1)

Email as per purpose above sent to Kathleen Lynch TD. No response was received by email but clarity was provided by phone and there was no further contact thereafter. (Told it would take some week for clarifications and this would be relayed by the Minister's Office direct to Happy Talk.)

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.

Kathleen Lynch Minister of State (Department of Health)