Irish Deaf Society

Lobbying Organisation Irish Deaf Society

Date published 08 Sep, 2017

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Finance

Period 1 May, 2017 to 31 Aug, 2017

Specific Details Irish Deaf Society (IDS) have submitted a pre-budget application for core funding from the governemnt as we never got one in the past.

Intended results I have contacted many department such as finance, justice, health etc and forward the submssion to them to support during their pre-budget meetings.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Eddie Redmond and Senator Mark Daly

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)

Mark Daly (Former 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.

Submission (2-5)

I posted the submission for corefunding to several government departments including the Toaiseach and requested meetings with them to give me a chance to explain why its important for our organisation to get funding. I have received few responses from them stating that they will review at the pre-budget meetings. Senator Mark Daly also contacted them on my behalf.

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.

Mark Daly Senator (Seanad)