AONTAS

Lobbying Organisation AONTAS

Date published 16 Jan, 2020

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Education and Training

Period 1 Sep, 2019 to 31 Dec, 2019

Specific Details Event held in the AV Room of Leinster House. Event facilitated by AONTAS Advocacy Lead on behalf of groups involved in the campaign to see a reversal of the cut to the Rehabilitative Training Allowance (announced in summer 2019)

Intended results The goal was to speak with TDs about the importance of reversing this cut to an important learner financial support.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Ben Hendriksen

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? Yes

What is the directive you gave to the grassroots campaigners? Jointly organised by the collective organisations involved in the campaign, all organisation asked our members to contact TDs and express their desire for a reversal in the cuts to the Rehabilitative Training Allowance.

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Meeting (1)

Meeting held in the AV room and was part of a larger effort to see a reversal in the cut to the Rehabilitative Training Allowance. The TDs listed in this return were the TDs who attended the meeting held on 17 Sept 2019.

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.

Jan O'Sullivan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Darragh O'Brien TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Brendan Ryan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Joan Collins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Séamus Healy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Eamon Scanlon TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Fiona O'Loughlin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Catherine Connolly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Haughey TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)