Mary Immaculate College Students' Union

Lobbying Organisation Mary Immaculate College Students' Union

Date published 17 Sep, 2021

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Education and Training

Period 1 May, 2021 to 31 Aug, 2021

Specific Details Discussed a number of matters relating to third level students with Minister of Further and Higher Education. These inlcuded: COVID19 and impact on students, waiving of Gaeltacht Fees for post-primary ed. students, protection of funding for Students' Unions, reduction of the student contribution charge, need to build student specfic accommodation, recent announcement of funding for mental health initiatives.

Intended results Raise awareness with the MInister and to see how some of the matters could be progresed.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Róisín Burke (President) & Aoife Gleeson (Vice-President)

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)

Met with the Minister during a planned visit to the MIC Thurles Campus in August 2021

Virtual Meeting (1)

Follow up to the discussions which took place with the Minister in August 2021

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.

Simon Harris Minister (Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science)