CHILDREN'S RIGHTS ALLIANCE - REPUBLIC OF IRELAND LIMITED

Lobbying Organisation CHILDREN'S RIGHTS ALLIANCE - REPUBLIC OF IRELAND LIMITED

Date published 22 Apr, 2016

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Children and Youth Affairs

Period 1 Jan, 2016 to 30 Apr, 2016

Specific Details Seeking fuller implementation of Articles 26 and 27 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child relating to the right of children to social security and the right to an adequate standard of living

Intended results Seeking increase in BSCFA payment for families in receipt; seeking introduction of age differential in child income supports for families with children over age of 12; seeking update on increase of direct provision allowance for children. Seeking measures to reduce the figures of children at risk of and living in consistent poverty in Ireland

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Tanya Ward

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 (2-5)

As a member of the Advisory Council for Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures, The National Policy Framework for Children and Young People, the Children's Rights Alliance co-convenes a sub-group of the Council on Child Poverty. A meeting was held with officials of the Department of Social Protection to prepare for the sub-group meeting. Separately, there was a meeting with the Department of Social Protection as a bilateral through the Community and Voluntary Pillar of Social Partnership.

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.

Anne Vaughan Deputy Secretary (Department of Social Protection)

Kathleen Stack Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)

Fergal Lynch Secretary General (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)

Elizabeth Canavan Assistant Secretary (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)