GIY Ireland (GIY Ireland CLG)

Lobbying Organisation GIY Ireland

Date published 19 May, 2023

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Education and Training

Period 1 Jan, 2023 to 30 Apr, 2023

Specific Details Letter to Joint Committee on Education, Further an Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.

Intended results Request written response on Submissions and a Committee report relating to GIY's GROW at School programme

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Michael Kelly

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)

1) request confirmation from the Committee on action in relation to proposed actions following recommendations relating to GIY in the Committee report 'Mental Health Supports in Schools & Tertiary Education'. 2) To request a response to correspondence on 12th July and email correspondence on 20th July, which outlined that the Secretary General of the Department of Education would provide a direct response to each of the recommendations contained in submissions GIY made to the Committee in 2022.

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 Kehoe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)