Ability West

Lobbying Organisation Ability West

Date published 21 May, 2022

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Finance

Period 1 Jan, 2022 to 30 Apr, 2022

Specific Details Correspondence to DPOs re Once-off Bonus Payment (€1,000) to Frontline Healthcare Workers

Intended results To secure once-off bonus payment to frontline healthcare workers who continued providing care to children and adults with intellectual disability throughout the Covid-19 pandemic

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Audrey Pidgeon

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 (1)

An email issued to DPOs on 28th January with a letter attaching which outlined the rationale for Ability West's frontline healthcare workers to be included in the Government's payment of a once-off bonus to healthcare workers (because of Covid-19) pandemic.

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)

Ciaran Cannon TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Canney TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Éamon Ó Cuív TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mairéad Farrell TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Hildegarde Naughton Minister of State (Department of Transport)

Michael Moynihan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Micheál Martin Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Leo Varadkar An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Catherine Connolly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Noel Grealish TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Claire Kerrane TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Fitzmaurice TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Denis Naughten TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Aisling Dolan Senator (Seanad)

Seán Kyne Senator (Seanad)

Eugene Murphy Senator (Seanad)

Pauline O'Reilly Senator (Seanad)

Ollie Crowe Senator (Seanad)