Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA)

Lobbying Organisation Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA)

Date published 06 Mar, 2019

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Housing

Period 1 Jan, 2019 to 30 Apr, 2019

Specific Details Irish Wheelchair Association met with Eoin O'Brion in relation to wheelchair accessible housing to tease out how to source relevant figures from all local authorities and look for support to push the agenda of the supply of wheelchair accessible housing

Intended results To gain information and support to help push the agenda for wheelchair accessible housing

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Joan Carthy IWA National Advocacy Officer & Dolores Murphy Housing officer

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.

Email (1)

email sent to request meeting

Meeting (1)

Met with Eoin O'Brion and discussed all issues relating to housing for people with a physical disability

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.

Eoin Ó Broin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)