National Women's Council of Ireland

Lobbying Organisation National Women's Council of Ireland

Date published 21 Sep, 2017

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 May, 2017 to 31 Aug, 2017

Specific Details Gender Budgeting

Intended results To create a wider understanding of gender budgeting amongst parliamentarians and senior officials and contribute towards the realisation of PfPG Commitment on the matter

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Eilís Ní Chaithnía

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)

Eilís Ní Chaithnía and Orla O'Connor met with William Beausang and team to discuss areas for cooperative working in relation to progressing work on gender budgeting.

Meeting (1)

Eilís Ní Chaithnía gave a presentation to the Oireachtas Women's Caucus on the matter of gender budgeting in Leinster House.

Meeting (1)

Niamh Allen (and a researcher commissioned by NWCI) gave a presentation on gender budgeting to the Oireachtas Budgetary Oversight Committee.

Email (6-10)

Eilís Ní Chaithnía engaged in email contact with Senator Alice Mary Higgins with a view to sharing information on gender budgeting.

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.

William Beausang Assistant Secretary (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Alice-Mary Higgins Senator (Seanad)

Catherine Martin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Grace O'Sullivan Senator (Seanad)

Joan Burton TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jan O'Sullivan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ivana Bacik Senator (Seanad)

Eamon Ryan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Richard Boyd Barrett TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Josepha Madigan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Sean D. Barrett Senator (Seanad)

Michael McGrath TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Lynn Ruane Senator (Seanad)