EPIC Empowering People in Care

Lobbying Organisation EPIC Empowering People in Care

Date published 20 Jan, 2017

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Children and Youth Affairs

Period 1 Sep, 2016 to 31 Dec, 2016

Specific Details Child Care (Amendment) Act 2015

Intended results Provide information on EPIC's work as well as raise awareness of the issues inherent with the aforementioned legislation.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Jennifer Gargan, CEO

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)

The meeting took place on November 15th 2016. Issues presented included the high incidence of homelessness for young people with care experience, the lack of access to aftercare provisions, lack of stability in care placements and recruitment of social workers.

Email (1)

A report on the incidence of homelessness in EPIC's advocacy cases was sent following the aforementioned meeting.

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.

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)