Autism Spectrum Information, Advice and Meeting Point Ltd, Trading as AsIAm

Lobbying Organisation Autism Spectrum Information, Advice and Meeting Point Ltd, Trading as AsIAm

Date published 21 Sep, 2020

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Education and Training

Period 1 Sep, 2020 to 31 Dec, 2020

Specific Details We met with Fianna Fáil Senator Erin McGreehan to outline our work as an organisation and to seek support for revisions to / full implementation of the EPSEN Act

Intended results Amendments to and commencement of the EPSEN Act,2004

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Gáibhin McGranaghan

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.

Email (6-10)

We reached out to Senator McGreehan to set out our proposal and organise a potential meeting whereby we could discuss our issue.

Virtual Meeting (1)

We organised a Zoom meeting whereby our Policy Officer and CEO discussed the issues with the Senator.

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.

Erin McGreehan Senator (Seanad)