Disability Federation of Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Disability Federation of Ireland

Date published 21 Jan, 2019

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Local Government

Period 1 Sep, 2018 to 31 Dec, 2018

Specific Details To inform Councillors county by county of the high level disability statistics in their county with view to supporting their work.

Intended results For Councillors to have a better understanding about the quantum of high level disability related issues in their county and to support them to address such issues within the remit of their work.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity 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

Mass communications

Social Media All Councillors 30-40 social media postings - All local authority disability profiles were posted on DFI website.

Event / Reception All Councillors The Senator is in the process of attending meetings of every local authority, presenting infographics on statistics relating to people with disabilities outlining the overall national situation and that relating to their own local authority / county areas. And engaging then directly with councillors as required. Local authority meetings attended in the return period: • Dublin City Council • Clare County Council • Tipperary County Council • Louth County Council • Kilkenny County Council • Cork City & County Councils • Carlow County Council • Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council • Offaly County Council • Monaghan County Council • Galway County Council • Roscommon County Council

Event / Reception All Councillors Senator John Dolan attended an AILG conference and distributed an infographic with collated national statistics.

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Social Media (11-20)

Tweets and Facebook posts to share the infographics and mark the meetings. Tweets and Facebook were used for each visit highlighting the infographic.

Designated public officials lobbied

There were no DPOs directly lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area.