Donegal Youth Service

Lobbying Organisation Donegal Youth Service

Date published 27 Apr, 2018

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Children and Youth Affairs

Period 1 Jan, 2018 to 30 Apr, 2018

Specific Details Youth Issues

Intended results Young people getting direct access to politicians to discuss issues relevant to them

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Lorraine Thompson

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)

A facebook live event on 13th April organised by Finn Gael which involved a young person asking a question of the Taoiseach. Joe Mc Hugh was present in Donegal Youth Service conversing informally with a group of young people on issues relevant to them.

Lobby day (1)

Political briefing day organised by Youth Work Ireland where young people and staff from Donegal Youth Service attended on 25th April 2018.

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.

Joe McHugh Minister of State (Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht)

Leo Varadkar Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)