Disability Federation of Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Disability Federation of Ireland

Date published 13 May, 2022

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Public Expenditure and Reform

Period 1 Jan, 2022 to 30 Apr, 2022

Specific Details Inclusion of section 38 & 39 workers in the €1,000 COVID-19 bonus for healthcare workers

Intended results For the €1,000 COVID-19 bonus to be extended to all staff in disability services

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity John Dolan

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.

Email (6-10)

1 Email sent on 02/02/22 and 1 follow up email sent on 17/02/22 respectively to Minister Donnelly, Minister O'Gorman and Minister Rabbitte

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)

Roderic O'Gorman Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)

Stephen Donnelly Minister (Department of Health)