Northside Partnership

Lobbying Organisation Northside Partnership

Date published 20 Jan, 2020

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Employment

Period 1 Sep, 2019 to 31 Dec, 2019

Specific Details Minister for Communications, Climate Action and the Environment, Richard Bruton TD launched the Northside Partnership Strategy on Monday the 9th of September 2019.

Intended results To raise concerns with Minister Bruton and Deputy Sean Haughey as to the potential impact of the public procurement of a future employment services and to flag the benefits of a community based, non profit employment support mode.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Paul Rogers

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)

In speaking with Minister Bruton and Deptuy Sean Haughey Northside Partnership CEO, Paul Rogers raised concerns with regard to the future tendering process which the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection has indicated it aims to implement in 2020. The key concern is that tender process is accessible to local, community based non profit organisations that have a history of delivering person centred services.

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.

Richard Bruton Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)

Seán Haughey TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)