Christine Buckley Centre for Education and Support CLG

Lobbying Organisation Christine Buckley Centre for Education and Support CLG

Date published 23 Apr, 2021

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Children and Youth Affairs

Period 1 Jan, 2021 to 30 Apr, 2021

Specific Details Requested Meeting with Minister after release of Commission of Inquiry into Mother and Baby Home Report: The Christine Buckley Centre

Intended results To highlight the practical supports and investment required in frontline services such as the Christine Buckley Centre for Survivors of Institutional Abuse in particular around planning for the next Redress scheme

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Nóra Dempsey

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 (2-5)

I emailed the Ministers secretary as the Manager of a Frontline service to appeal to the Minister to engage with us for practical solutions and ideas around the next redress schemes success for Survivors and around the investment and standardization required in the sector for frontline supports.

Phone call (1)

I called Senator Erin McGreehan to ask could she ask the Minister to meet me to discuss the above

Meeting (1)

I met Minister O Gorman online on 28th January 2021 with his secretary and the chairperson of our Board Donal Buckley

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.

Roderic O'Gorman Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)

Erin McGreehan Senator (Seanad)