CoAction West Cork (CoAction West Cork)

Lobbying Organisation CoAction West Cork

Date published 16 Sep, 2021

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Public Expenditure and Reform

Period 1 May, 2021 to 31 Aug, 2021

Specific Details Face to face meeting with Minister Rabbitte, and Christopher O'Sullivan TD in the CoAction Clonakilty Centre regarding Pay Restoration

Intended results To secure full pay restoration for CoAction employees in line with other Section 39 agency staff who have already received same.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Gobnait Ni Chrualaoi CEO CoAction West Cork, Tom Wilson Chair of the Board of Trustees of CoAction West Cork CLG and John Murphy, member of Board of Trustees of CoAction West Cork CLG

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)

20.07.2021 - Meeting took place between Minister Rabbitte, Christopher O'Sullivan, Gobnait Ní Chrualaoí CEO, Co Action West Cork CLG, Tom Wilson, Chair of the Board of Trustees CoAction West Cork CLG, and John Murphy, Trustee, CoAction West Cork at the CoAction Clonakilty Centre. items discussed were as follows; 1) Full pay restoration (Pay Parity) for CoAction employees 2) Difficulties with recruitment 3) Working in partnership with the HSE & Cork County Council in relation to the Multi Annual Planning process

Email (1)

26.07.2021 - Email from Gobnait Ní Chrualaoí CEO to Christopher O'Sullivan thanking him for organising the meeting with Minister Rabbitte, and asking for a further meeting with the minister in the Autumn.

Email (1)

26.07.2021 - Email from Gobnait Ní Chrualaoí CEO to Minister Anne Rabbitte thanking her for meeting with CoAction, and requesting a follow up meeting in the Autumn to discuss progress on the items raised at the meeting on the 20.07.2021

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.

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

Christopher O'Sullivan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)