The Prevention and Early Intervention Network (The Prevention and Early Intervention Network (PEIN))

Lobbying Organisation The Prevention and Early Intervention Network

Date published 19 May, 2020

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Children and Youth Affairs

Period 1 Jan, 2020 to 30 Apr, 2020

Specific Details Lobbying activities related to both the Programme for Government 2020 and COVID-19 supports and challenges facing Tusla and partner organisations in the community and voluntary sector.

Intended results Engagement with key policy makers and decision makers in the relevant government departments and parties, as well as Seanad members. Inclusion of key campaign priorities in the next programme for government Ongoing support for the community and voluntary sector in response to ongoing workload and emerging crisis associated with Covid 19

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Lyndsey Anderson

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? Yes

What is the directive you gave to the grassroots campaigners? We issued an email, tweet and notice on our website asking our members and supporters to:support our campaign by engaging politicians (local and national) in the work of PEIN. Some ways in which you can do this are: Circulate the document to your local councillor, noting that you are a member of PEIN, and highlighting the work your organisation does in the community. Ask your local councillors to sign up to the actions named in the document Send the document to your TDs, highlighting your membership of PEIN, and identifying the work you do in your community/sector. Ask your TDs to sign up to and promote the actions in the PEIN campaign document· Bring the document to the attention of your local radio station, offer to do an interview about your work, and why prevention and early intervention is so important for child and family services Circulate the document to interested colleagues and networks and ask them to sign up to PEIN, and to support the actions identified in the campaign.

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Mass communications

Email All TDs Email sent with PEIN Campaign document attached and a request to discuss this further

Email All Senators Email sent with PEIN Campaign document attached and a request to discuss this further

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (100+)

Email sent to all PEIN members and relevant groupings detailed on our mailing list seeking their support for PEINs campaign priorities and asking them to speak to officials as appropriate.

Virtual Meeting (1)

Meeting with members of the Childrens Rights Alliance and Bernard Glosetr of TUSLA to discuss the ongoing and emerging needs of the Community and voluntary sector during the Covid 19 crisis to ensure that service and support provision is retained and supported.

Informal communication (1)

Text to a TD seeking a formal link to their party's negotiation team members to discuss the PEIN Campaign further.

Email (6-10)

Emails to arrange a meeting between PEIN Coordinator, Executive Members and Fine Gael TD and Researcher to discuss the PEIN campaign document. Further documentation drafted and sent: one page summary campaign document and a document with PEINs campaign priorities inserted into the draft Programme for Government to illustrate policy alignment.

Social Media (2-5)

Website and tweet detailing and linking our campaign document, again with the same message seeking members and interested parties' support for PEINs campaign priorities.

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.

Damien English TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Anne Rabbitte TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Róisín Shorthall TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)