Irish Senior Citizens Parliament

Lobbying Organisation Irish Senior Citizens Parliament

Date published 20 Sep, 2019

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Community

Period 1 May, 2019 to 31 Aug, 2019

Specific Details Members of the Irish Senior Citizens Parliament attended the Department of Rural and Community Development, Stakeholder Consultation Events in the following locations, Carlow, Cavan, Claremorris, Donegal & Thurles.

Intended results To ensure that the diverse needs of older people especially in Rural Ireland are to the fore in the development and implementation of policies and programmes within the Department . To bring the authentic voice of older people into all areas affecting Older People and to seek common ground with others across the lifecycle.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity CEO Máiread Hayes assisted by Manus O'Donnell, Caitriona Ruane, John Walsh & Paraic Browne at the different locations.

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)

To influence the eventual report so the older people were front and centre of it. Part of the process, was also to influence the local authority and other relevant stakeholders or service providers who might be attending.

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 Parnell Special Adviser (Department of Rural and Community Development)