Steve Rawson, Rawson Communications

Lobbying Organisation Steve Rawson, Rawson Communications

Date published 21 Jan, 2016

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Budgetary matters

Period 1 Sep, 2015 to 31 Dec, 2015

Specific Details Lobbied various TDs in advance of Budget 2016 and the Finance Bill on behalf of the Union of Students in Ireland

Intended results No increase in Student Registration Fee, reverse cuts to Family Income Threshold, change the Adjacency rates, re-introduce the Cost of Education allowance , reverse the Social Welfare cuts for Under 26s and draw up a Student Accommodation 2020 plan

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Steve Rawson

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? Yes

What is the directive you gave to the grassroots campaigners? Advised USI that affiliated student groups should lobby at local constituency level

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? Yes

Client(s)

Client 1

Company name Union of Students in Ireland

CRO number (if applicable)

Company address Portview House, York Road, Ringsend, Dublin 4

Main business or activity Other

Company website www.usi.ie

Contact email address info@usi.ie

Contact phone number 01 - 7099300

Contact address Portview House, York Road, Ringsend, Dublin 4

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Lobby day (1)

Press conference and Lobby Day where TDs and their representatives were invited to attend and where Union of Student Ireland representatives outlined USI's key budget asks ahead of Budget 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.

Charlie McConalogue TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Emmet Stagg TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Kitt TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Mullins Senator (Seanad)

Fergus O'Dowd TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paul Connaughton Jr. TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Kyne TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)