Fórsa trade union

Lobbying Organisation Fórsa trade union

Date published 18 Sep, 2020

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Education and Training

Period 1 May, 2020 to 31 Aug, 2020

Specific Details Seeking support for Fórsa's campaign to have school secretaries given parity of pay in the workplace.

Intended results Seeking support for Fórsa's campaign to have school secretaries given parity of pay in the workplace. That school secretaries paid from an ancillary grant be brought on to public service pay scales.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Joe O'Connor, Fórsa Director Campaigning

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.

Phone call (2-5)

Calls made to Catherine Martin, Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht on 6th and 7th August 2020

Phone call (2-5)

Calls made to Grant Sweetnam, special advisor to Michael McGrath, Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform on 7th and 8th August 2020

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.

Catherine Martin Minister (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)

Michael McGrath Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Grant Sweetnam Special Advisor (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)