Castleknock Community Centre Association Company Limited by Guarantee

Lobbying Organisation Castleknock Community Centre Association Company Limited by Guarantee

Date published 31 Aug, 2019

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Social Protection

Period 1 May, 2019 to 31 Aug, 2019

Specific Details Importance of CSP and CE scheme to operate community facilities and request to consider parents who took time out of the labour force to look after their family to be permitted and encouraged to avail of the Community Employment Activation strand.

Intended results Awareness of importance of CSP and CE scheme to operate community facilities when review of both CSP and CE schemes are completed.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Kieran O'Neill, Chairperson of Castleknock Community Centre Association CLG

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.

Event / Reception (1)

An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar TD visited our community centre on Friday 14th June 2019. It was an opportunity to show An Taoiseach, some of the activities we host in our community and to introduce the volunteers who provide a variety of services and clubs to our diverse community. As a follow up activity we submitted a letter outlining our concerns in relation to reviews of Pobal Community Service Programme and Community Employment Scheme

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)