Anne Sullivan Foundation For Deaf BlindPeople

Lobbying Organisation Anne Sullivan Foundation For Deaf BlindPeople

Date published 03 May, 2017

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Jan, 2017 to 30 Apr, 2017

Specific Details UNCRPD

Intended results Rights secured for people with combined hearing and vision impairment to have access to services such as health, education, community facilities, on an equal footing with others in society

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Catherine McDonald

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? Yes

Client(s)

Client 1

Company name Anne Sullivan Centre CLG

CRO number (if applicable)

Company address Silverpines, Brewery Road, Stillorgan, Co.Dublin

Main business or activity Charity organisation

Company website www.annesullivan.ie

Contact email address infor@annesullivan.ie

Contact phone number 01 2898339

Contact address As above

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (2-5)

I emailed Deputy Lahart to provide him with information of the experiences of those who are deafblind, the further services they require and the work that the Anne Sullivan Centre is doing to support people. Deputy Lahart phoned me to discuss the matter and agreed to raise a number of parliamentary questions relating to the issue. I contacted him twice more to see if there was any update on the matter.

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.

John Lahart TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)