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 Social Protection

Period 1 May, 2017 to 31 Aug, 2017

Specific Details Informing Department of Social Protection's equality objectives

Intended results To inform the Department of Social Protection on NWCI's priorities around pension reform and gender budgeting

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Eilís Ní Chaithnía

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)

Eilís Ní Chaithnía attended and contributed to a meeting of the C&V Pillar and the Department of Social Protection and raised the matters of pension reform and gender budgeting.

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.

Anne Vaughan Deputy Secretary (Department of Social Protection)