National Federation of Voluntary Service Providers Supporting People with Intellectual Disability (National Federation of Voluntary Service Providers Supporting People with Intellectual Disability)

Lobbying Organisation National Federation of Voluntary Service Providers Supporting People with Intellectual Disability

Date published 05 Jun, 2020

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Jan, 2020 to 30 Apr, 2020

Specific Details To provide information on the disability funding crisis in the context of the General Election campaign.

Intended results To provide a good understanding to Stephen Donnelly of the key issues requiring investment and reform in the expectation that these would be raised at a senior level in the Fianna Fail party - for the purposes of the manifesto, the Programme for Government negotiations should Fianna Fail play a part in these, and in the context of Government Policy should Fianna Fail form part of the next Government.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Alison Harnett attended a meeting with Stephen Donnelly, organised by KARE (one of the member organisations of the National Federation) to provide information on the disability funding crisis in the context of the General Election campaign.

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)

This meeting on 4 February 2019 was a single meeting with Stephen Donnelly TD that took place as part of an ongoing grass roots campaign to inform elected representatives ahead of the General Election around the needs of people with disabilities, their families and the organisations that support them - in particular the disability funding crisis, the deficits being experienced by service providers, and the unmet needs that are resulting for people with ID and their families.

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.

Stephen Donnelly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)