National Women's Council of Ireland

Lobbying Organisation National Women's Council of Ireland

Date published 21 May, 2021

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Jan, 2021 to 30 Apr, 2021

Specific Details Seek support to ask the minister for children, equality, disability. Integration and youth to enact commitments from budget 2021 on extending parents leave

Intended results Enactment of commitments from budget 2021 on extending parents leave

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Sandra McCullagh

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.

Email (1)

Roderic O'Gorman

Email (1)

Submission to members of the JOC on CDEIY: Patrick Costello, Cathal Crowe, Alan Dillon, Kathleen Funchion, Jennifer Murnane O'Connor, John Paul Phelan, Seán Sherlock, Mark Ward, Jennifer Whitmore.

Email (1)

Submission to members of the JOC on CDEIY on behalf of the National One Parent Family Alliance Patrick Costello, Cathal Crowe, Alan Dillon, Kathleen Funchion, Jennifer Murnane O'Connor, John Paul Phelan, Seán Sherlock, Mark Ward, Jennifer Whitmore.

Email (1)

Briefing Note Jennifer Whitmore

Email (1)

Seeking an update from members of the JOC on CDEIY: Patrick Costello, Cathal Crowe, Alan Dillon, Kathleen Funchion, Jennifer Murnane O'Connor, John Paul Phelan, Seán Sherlock, Mark Ward, Jennifer Whitmore.

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.

Roderic O'Gorman Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)

Jennifer Whitmore TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Kathleen Funchion TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mark Ward TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Patrick Costello TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John Paul Phelan Minister of State (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)

Cathal Crowe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Alan Dillon TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)