Ability West

Lobbying Organisation Ability West

Date published 18 Jan, 2023

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Transport

Period 1 Sep, 2022 to 31 Dec, 2022

Specific Details To lobby for additional funding for increased transport facilities for service users in Mountbellew Hub, College Road, Ballinasloe.

Intended results The receipt of additional funding for a bus for the service in question.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity A Mountbellew Hub Service User (with the assistance of staff Owen Daly and Nicola Smyth)

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.

Letter (1)

A service user in Mountbellew Hub with the assistance of staff members wrote one letter to Minister Anne Rabbitte to seek additional funding for further transport services for the Hub.

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)