Kerry Community Youth Service (Kerry Community Youth Service)

Lobbying Organisation Kerry Community Youth Service

Date published 21 Jan, 2019

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Children and Youth Affairs

Period 1 Sep, 2018 to 31 Dec, 2018

Specific Details Members of the executive and Board of KDYS sought a meeting with Minister Brendan Griffin to discuss the withdrawal of the Youthreach and Mentor programmes by Kerry ETB and the impact this will have on the future viability of KDYS

Intended results Meeting with Minister Brendan Griffin

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Tim O Donoghue, CEO KDYS on behalf of the Board of KDYS

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.

Email (1)

email sent to Minister Griffin seeking meeting with the executive and Board representatives of KDYS to discuss the withdrawal of the Youthreach and Mentor programmes by Kerry ETB and the impact this will have on the future viability of KDYS

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.

Brendan Griffin Minister of State (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)

Brendan Griffin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)