GIY Ireland (GIY Ireland CLG)

Lobbying Organisation GIY Ireland

Date published 20 Jan, 2023

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Children and Youth Affairs

Period 1 Sep, 2022 to 31 Dec, 2022

Specific Details Attended the Children's Right's Alliance Child Poverty event addressing solutions to food poverty and spoke about the GROW at School programme as a food-education programme with potential to mitigate food poverty in conjunction with other food education initiatives

Intended results Programme awareness and to put GROW at School on government radar for funding support

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Terri Cole

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.

Event / Reception (1)

Event was in person with 15-20 people in attendance and live streamed on Children Rights' Alliance social channels. My communication with the designated public official occurred after all speakers presented. The public official commented positively on the programme and noted he would be in touch with GIY with an invitation to his upcoming Food Poverty Working Group meeting.

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.

Joe O'Brien Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)