St Michael's House Group

Lobbying Organisation St Michael's House Group

Date published 12 Jan, 2023

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Sep, 2022 to 31 Dec, 2022

Specific Details Invited the minister to attend SMH on International Day of Disability

Intended results hoped to secure a visit but was unsucessful

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Tara Molloy Director of Support Services

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)

Social Media (1)

tweet to local TD he was involved in Football4All initiative with Shelbourne FC and SMH

Social Media (1)

• Norma Foley from Dept of Ed - the Pilot Programme for School Leavers (SMH schools (3 of them) were on the pilot programme

Social Media (1)

re tweeted FedVol Disability action plan

Social Media (1)

• Tagged Anne Rabbitte when she opened the HSE Disability National Sharing Day with Roisin O'Neill and some of the service users.

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.

Norma Foley TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Roderic O'Gorman TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Dessie Ellis TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Anne Rabbitte TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)