National Youth Council of Ireland
Current or Former Designated Public Official(s)
Lobbying activity
The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.
Email (2-5)
Email to the office of Deputy John Brady on 30/01 with suggested questions on capital funding, costing for Action Plan for Youth Services, Multi-Annual funding and Youth Employability Scheme, for the Deputy to ask the Minister at a meeting of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, following phone call request from his office for suggested questions.
Email (2-5)
Email communication with office of Deputy John Brady on 21/02/24 to request submission on several parliamentary questions regarding youth work on:
• Capital funding
• Current funding
• Youth Employability Scheme
• Workforce Development plan
• Youth Information Centres
• National Development plan & Youth work investment
Email (1)
Email to Deputy John Lahart on 06/03/24 requesting submission of parliamentary questions on:
• Youth Work investment through the Community Investment Fund
• Levels of ETB funding for youth work
• Levels of ETB expenditure on youth work
Meeting (1)
Meeting between NYCI CEO Mary Cunningham and Carol Baxter on 27/03/24 to discuss increasing funding for youth work
Phone call (2-5)
Phone call with office of Deputy John Brady on 26/02/24 to follow up on previous PQs submitted on the topics of:
parliamentary questions regarding youth work on:
• Capital funding
• Current funding
• Youth Employability Scheme
• Workforce Development plan
• Youth Information Centres
• National Development plan & Youth work investment
Text Messages (7/03) and Phone calls (Apr) from office of Deputy Brady to follow up on the above issues.
Email (1)
Email sent to members of the Oireachtas Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, and party spokespeople on youth and housing, inviting them to the launch of NYCI’s Research report ‘State of Our Young Nation’ which includes relevant policy recommendations on Capital funding.
Email (1)
Follow up copy of Research Report ‘State of Our Young Nation’ emailed to Senator Mary Seery-Kearney, Senator Lynn Ruane, Deputy Frances Noel Duffy, and Deputy Cian O’Callaghan, upon their request. Slides from presenters on the launch date sent to Deputy John Brady upon request.
Email (1)
Email to Deputy Johnny Mythen (26/03) requesting submission of parliamentary questions on:
• Youth Work investment through the Community Investment Fund
• Levels of ETB funding for youth work
• Levels of ETB expenditure on youth work
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.