Men's Aid Ireland CLG

Lobbying Organisation Men's Aid Ireland CLG

Date published 12 Jan, 2022

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Community

Period 1 Sep, 2021 to 31 Dec, 2021

Specific Details Fact finding meeting, we requested support for a 1800 number. We shared the quotes and justification to support request for 1800 number

Intended results Men's Aid wished to secure funding for a 1800 freephone number for our Helpline. The Minister was to speak to his colleagues on support of our request and come back to us. Awaiting to hear back at this time

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Kathrina Bentley, CEO Men's Aid

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)

The meeting was held in Men's Aid offices on Monday the 22nd November 2020 at 10am, this was a fact finding to learn about the demand on our services, especially in light of covid. Minister aware of all our services however we requested his support for a 1800 number.

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.

Damien English Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)