National Federation of Voluntary Service Providers Supporting People with Intellectual Disability (National Federation of Voluntary Service Providers Supporting People with Intellectual Disability)

Lobbying Organisation National Federation of Voluntary Service Providers Supporting People with Intellectual Disability

Date published 21 Jan, 2020

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Children and Youth Affairs

Period 1 Sep, 2019 to 31 Dec, 2019

Specific Details Matters relating to children with disabilities

Intended results Shared understanding of the key issues relevant to children with disabilities including with regards to HSE, Tusla, access to services and supports

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Jillian Sexton

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)

Participated in meeting with Anne Rabbitte and member organisations of the National Federation of Voluntary Bodies on 16 December 2019, to raise matters regarding children with disabilities including: Interaction between services and Tusla - Child Protection and Welfare Cases - Aftercare – HSE/Tusla Joint Protocol - Promotion of Co-working Respite and Home Support / Home Sharing Residential Services (Pathway/HIQA) Access to services - School Placements - School Age Teams (multi supports/quality of assessment) Inter-departmental working.

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.

Charles Flanagan Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)

Mary Lou McDonald TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Anne Rabbitte TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)