Disability Federation of Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Disability Federation of Ireland

Date published 19 May, 2017

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Jan, 2017 to 30 Apr, 2017

Specific Details Submitted to Senator Dolan, proposed questions for the Minister for Health on the Statement of Strategy in advance of his attendance at the Oireachtas Health Committee.

Intended results To seek information on the provision of community based living supports & questions relating to the FACs Forum.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Fiona O'Donovan & John Dolan

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?) Yes

Current or Former Designated Public Official(s)

John Dolan (Currently employed as a DPO) Senator (Seanad)

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)

Questions submitted via email 3rd February 2017 following some informal communications with Senator John Dolan. Submitted to Senator John Dolan who in turn submitted then to Minister Simon Harris for answering in the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health.

Informal communication (2-5)

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.

John Dolan Senator (Seanad)

Simon Harris Minister (Department of Health)