Griffith College Dublin

Lobbying Organisation Griffith College Dublin

Date published 18 Sep, 2025

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Education and Training

Period 1 May, 2025 to 31 Aug, 2025

Specific Details Meeting with Maeve O Connell TD

Intended results Parliamentary Questions

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Michael Mc Namara

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 (1)

To ask Minister Lawless if a National Training Voucher Scheme will be introduced and funded from the National Training Fund. To ask Minister Lawless if it is now time to extend SUSI funding to QQI validated programmes at private HEI's. To ask Minister Carroll McNeill if the HSE intends to include the Advanced Health Care Apprenticeship on its list of approved courses as per the Programme for Government’s plan to create career pathways for Health Care Assistants?

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.

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