Dublin Inner City Community Cooperative Society Limited

Lobbying Organisation Dublin Inner City Community Cooperative Society Limited

Date published 06 Sep, 2016

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Community

Period 1 May, 2016 to 31 Aug, 2016

Specific Details Meet and greet with Minister of State Damien English re community development work in Dublin's inner city. Hosted a visit from Minister of State Catherine Byrne.

Intended results To brief the Minister and his officials on the community development work of the organisation in Dublin's inner city. Following this meeting a seperate meeting took place with the Minister's officals including Assist SecGen Paul Lemass.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Noel Wardick, CEO. Organisation Chairperson, Vice Chair and Treasurer also attended the meeting with Minister English. Noel Wardick and another board member hosted Minister Catherine Byrne's visit.

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.

Meeting (1)

Meeting with Minister of State Damien English re community development in Dublin's inner city. Meeting took place on 30th August 2016.

Meeting (1)

Hosted a visit to one of the Coop's member's projects in Sheriff Street, Dublin 1, by Minister of State Catherine Byrne on 15th July 2016. Note: this visit was requested by the Minister

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.

Paul Lemass Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Community and Local Government)