Irish Foster Care Association (Irish Foster Care Association)

Lobbying Organisation Irish Foster Care Association

Date published 31 Aug, 2020

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Children and Youth Affairs

Period 1 May, 2020 to 31 Aug, 2020

Specific Details The Irish Foster Care Association as part of the umbrella group of the Children's Rights Alliance and as a national organisation for foster care lobbied to retain the department of Children and Youth Affairs as part of the identified government departments post the general election.

Intended results Retain the DCYA

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Catherine Bond as representative of IFCA on the Children's Rights Alliance and as CEO of IFCA as a national organisation for foster care.

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? Yes

What is the directive you gave to the grassroots campaigners? IFCA requested its members to lobby their local TD's to seek the retention of the DCYA

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Mass communications

Email All TDs IFCA members were requested to contact their local TD's by e mail/letter to seek the retention of the DCYA.

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (1)

IFCA members were requested to contact their local TD's by e mail/letter to seek the retention of the DCYA. IFCA as national organisation was part of the CRA campaign.

Designated public officials lobbied

There were no DPOs directly lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area.