Disability Federation of Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Disability Federation of Ireland

Date published 21 Jan, 2021

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Sep, 2020 to 31 Dec, 2020

Specific Details Submissions on Departmental Statements of Strategy

Intended results For DFI's views to be taken into account as part of the Departments' Statements of Strategy

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity John Dolan, Dr Joanne McCarthy, Fleachta Phelan, Ríona Morris, Dr Meredith Raley

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.

Submission (6-10)

Submissions were respectively sent to: - Department of the Taoiseach - Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth - Department of Justice - Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media - Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage - Department of Social Protection - Department of Health - Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment - Department of Education - Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

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.

Martin Fraser Secretary General (Department of the Taoiseach)

Fergal Lynch Secretary General (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)

Oonagh McPhillips Secretary General (Department of Justice)

Katherine Licken Secretary General (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)

Graham Doyle Secretary General (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

John McKeon Secretary General (Department of Social Protection)

Robert Watt Secretary General (Department of Health)

Orlaigh Quinn Secretary General (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)

Seán Ó Foghlú Secretary General (Department of Education)

Jim Breslin Secretary General (Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science)