CBM Ireland

Lobbying Organisation CBM Ireland

Date published 17 May, 2019

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Foreign Affairs

Period 1 Jan, 2019 to 30 Apr, 2019

Specific Details Disability Inclusive Development

Intended results Implementation of commitments to persons with disabilities in Ireland's overseas development and humanitarian assistance programmes

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Sarah O'Toole

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)

Photo with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and CBM representatives (CEO Sarah O'Toole, Board members Mark Finan and Bill Nolan, Director DID Initiative Mary Keogh, Programmes Manager Louise Talbot Beirne) at launch of Ireland's Policy for International Development "A Better World" at UCD. Spoke to him about our work and presented him with CBM literature on Disability Inclusive Development.

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.

Leo Varadkar Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)