Barnardos

Lobbying Organisation Barnardos

Date published 19 May, 2020

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Children and Youth Affairs

Period 1 Jan, 2020 to 30 Apr, 2020

Specific Details Wrote to the Department of Expenditure and Public Reform and the Department of Finance in relation to the Covid19 business subsidy.

Intended results To highlight the difficulty in applying the 25% reduction in turnover required to avail of the scheme to charities.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Suzanne Connolly

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.

Letter (6-10)

Letter to DPER and Finance officials copied to DCYA officials in relation to the difficulty charities have accessing the Covid19 subsidy available to businesses. A follow up letter was sent to Robert Watt explaining how the policy could be amended to meet the requirements of charities.

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.

Katherine Zappone Minister (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)

Fergal Lynch Secretary General (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)

Derek Moran Secretary General (Department of Finance)

John Hogan Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)

Robert Watt Secretary General (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

David Moloney Assistant Secretary (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Paschal Donohoe Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)