The Wheel

Lobbying Organisation The Wheel

Date published 21 May, 2020

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Community

Period 1 Jan, 2020 to 30 Apr, 2020

Specific Details The Wheel organised Information sessions and hustings for candidates in the forthcoming general election.

Intended results To ensure the community and voluntary sector's priorities are addressed in the next Government.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Sarah Monaghan, Campaigns Manager

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)

The Information meeting and hustings event took place in Dublin on 30 January 2020 and was attended by candidates Cllr Deirdre O Donovan (Fianna Fáil), Deirdre Duffy (Fine Gael), Cllr Peter Kavanagh (Green Party), Nat O'Connor (Labour) and Aengus Ó Maoláin (Social Democrats).

Email (2-5)

The Wheel's general election campaign targeted at candidates in the general elections was launched on 17 January and all sitting TDs received notification of it.

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.

Peter Kavanagh Councillor (South Dublin County Council)