CHILDREN'S RIGHTS ALLIANCE - REPUBLIC OF IRELAND LIMITED

Lobbying Organisation CHILDREN'S RIGHTS ALLIANCE - REPUBLIC OF IRELAND LIMITED

Date published 21 Sep, 2016

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Children and Youth Affairs

Period 1 May, 2016 to 31 Aug, 2016

Specific Details Seeking fuller implementation of Articles 26 and 27 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child relating to the right of children to social security and the right to an adequate standard of living

Intended results Seeking measures to reduce the figures of children at risk of and living in consistent poverty in Ireland

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Tanya Ward

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.

Meeting (2-5)

Submission (2-5)

This includes the Children's Rights Alliance Pre-Budget 2017 Submission and submissions made by the Children's Rights Alliance on behalf of the NGOs on the Sub-Group on Child Poverty under the Advisory Council of Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures, the National Policy Framework for Children and Young People 2014-2020.

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.

Leo Varadkar Minister (Department of Social Protection)

Katherine Zappone TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Elizabeth Canavan Assistant Secretary (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)

Anne Vaughan Deputy Secretary (Department of Social Protection)

Finian McGrath TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Niamh O'Donoghue Secretary General (Department of Social Protection)

Simonetta Ryan Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)