Enable Ireland Disability Services Ltd

Lobbying Organisation Enable Ireland Disability Services Ltd

Date published 17 Jan, 2020

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Education and Training

Period 1 Sep, 2019 to 31 Dec, 2019

Specific Details Lobbied about about Assistive Technology in Education.

Intended results Attain greater funding for use of Assistive Technology in education in Ireland.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Siobhan Long, National AT Training & SeatTech Manager, Enable Ireland

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 (1)

Enable Ireland's Assistive Technology Service lobbied Minister of State for Higher Education, Mary Mitchell O'Connor about AT in education at a meeting with her on 14 November.

Letter (1)

Letter to the Deptarment of Education on November 24th which cc'd Mary Mitchell O'Connor.

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.

Mary Mitchell O'Connor TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mary Mitchell O’Connor Minister of State (Department of Education and Skills)