National Women's Council of Ireland

Lobbying Organisation National Women's Council of Ireland

Date published 21 Sep, 2017

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Local Government

Period 1 May, 2017 to 31 Aug, 2017

Specific Details Seeking a partnership with Dept Community & Rural Affairs for project application

Intended results To secure the Dept of Community and Rural Affairs as a partner in an application for funding to carry out work in relation to the Public Sector Duty

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Catherine Lane

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)

Catherine Lane and Niamh Allen met with Bairbre Nic Aonghusa and David Dalton in the Department to discuss and secure a partnership approach to this project application.

Email (2-5)

Catherine Lane communicated by email with David Dalton of the Department to explore the potential for this work and to secure the 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.

Bairbre Nic Aongusa Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Community and Local Government)