Disability Federation of Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Disability Federation of Ireland

Date published 20 Jan, 2017

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Sep, 2016 to 31 Dec, 2016

Specific Details Questions posed to the Minister for Health, in his scheduled appearance in the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health on the 10.11.16 on plans to make provision in the Department's upcoming Statement of Strategy for UN CRPD ratification, and to increase and improve Personal Assistants provision and Neurological services

Intended results To seek information on plans and encourage action by the Minister for Health to make plans to make provision in the Department's upcoming Statement of Strategy for UN CRPD ratification, and to increase and improve Personal Assistants provision and Neurological services

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Fiona O'Donovan

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?) Yes

Current or Former Designated Public Official(s)

John Dolan (Currently employed as a DPO) Senator (Seanad)

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 (1)

17.10.16 Senator submitted three questions to Ministor Simon Harris via the Joint Committee on Healthcare via email and spoke in the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the 10.11.2016

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.

Simon Harris Minister (Department of Health)

Bernard Durkan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Harty TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Billy Kelleher TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Alan Kelly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Kate O'Connell TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Louise O'Reilly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Colm Burke Senator (Seanad)

John Dolan Senator (Seanad)

Rónán Mullen Senator (Seanad)

Keith Swanick Senator (Seanad)