Coeliac Society Of Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Coeliac Society Of Ireland

Date published 13 Jul, 2022

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Budgetary matters

Period 1 May, 2022 to 31 Aug, 2022

Specific Details Reinstatement of the Dietary Supplement Allowance for Coeliac sufferers not witin the PAYE system in Budget 2023. Specifically those in receipt of Social Welfare, or low-income families.

Intended results Reinstatement of Dietary Supplment for Coeliac sufferers not witin the PAYE system in Budget 2023

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Gill Brennan

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 (2-5)

Fergus O'Dowd, Emer Higgins, Roisin Shortall notified of intent to send budget submission based on their raising of the issue in PQ over summer 2022

Phone call (1)

Fergus O'Dowd to thank him for raising issue in Dail in June 2022

Submission (1)

Pre-Budget submission sent to Fergus O'Dowd, Emer Higgins, Roisin Shortall, Heather Humpheries, Paschal Donohoe and Stephen Donnelly in July 2022

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.

Fergus O'Dowd TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Emer Higgins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Róisín Shorthall TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Heather Humphreys Minister (Department of Social Protection)

Paschal Donohoe Minister (Department of Finance)

Stephen Donnelly Minister (Department of Health)