Kerry Parents & Friends Association

Lobbying Organisation Kerry Parents & Friends Association

Date published 12 Sep, 2019

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Housing

Period 1 Sep, 2019 to 31 Dec, 2019

Specific Details Requested that Dept. Housing, planning and local Gov. change the old name of KPFMH to Kerry Parents & Friends Association

Intended results Accuracy of approved housing body name

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Cllr. Aoife Thornton

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)

Cllr. Aoife Thornton (Currently employed as a DPO) Councillor (Kerry County Council)

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 (2-5)

As a Director on the Board of Kerry Parents & Friends Association, Ms. Thornton was simply requesting a change of name from Kerry Parents & Friends of the Mentally Handicapped to the current Kerry Parents & Friends Association for our Approved Housing Body (AHB). She contacted Fiona Joyce AHB Regulation & Operation in Dept Housing, but that option does not appear below therefore we selected Maria Graham.

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.

Maria Graham Assistant Secretary (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)