Waterford & South Tipperary Community Youth Service

Lobbying Organisation Waterford & South Tipperary Community Youth Service

Date published 30 Aug, 2021

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Children and Youth Affairs

Period 1 May, 2021 to 31 Aug, 2021

Specific Details There was a campaign against PRIDE in Waterford and Minister O' Gorman was contacted and support local efforts

Intended results A show of support by the Minister to draw attention to and gain support for PRIDE

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Debbie O' Rourke

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.

Social Media (51-100)

Social media was used to raise awareness of the removal of PRIDE flags, to support ChillOUT LGBT+ youth group nd WAterford PRIDE. People were asked to place PRIDE flags at their homes and businesses.

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)