Irish Girl Guides CLG (Irish Girl Guides)

Lobbying Organisation Irish Girl Guides CLG

Date published 28 May, 2019

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Children and Youth Affairs

Period 1 Jan, 2019 to 30 Apr, 2019

Specific Details Seeking Capital Funding from the DCYA

Intended results To access funds from the DCYA for the new national Irish Girl Guides Training Centre.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Helen Concannon

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)

Jillian van Turnout (Former 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.

Meeting (1)

IGG Chief Commissioner Helen Concannon, IGG Operations Manager Mary Nugent and IGG Volunteer Jillian van Turnhout met with two representatives (Evan Hackett and Tony Monks) from the DCYA to request information about funding for the new IGG training centre.

Event / Reception (1)

TD Josepha Madigan attended an Irish Girl Guides event in Dundrum on 4th March 2019. Volunteer Leader Fiona Walsh asked Josepha casually for any funding options that may be available to IGG in relation to the new training centre. There was no follow up contact to this conversation.

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.

Josepha Madigan Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Evan Hackett Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)

Tony Monks Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)