Chime

Lobbying Organisation Chime

Date published 10 Jan, 2022

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Sep, 2021 to 31 Dec, 2021

Specific Details Provision of specialist services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children within Progressing Disability Services (PDS) for children and young people.

Intended results Implementation of the recommendations of a PDS working group on specialist services for Deaf and hard of Hearing children.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Brendan Lennon

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)

Seeking a meeting with the Minister and a number of families for whom this issue is critical. Meeting date agreed for December 2021, but deferred to 2022 due to Covid restrictions.

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.

Anne Rabbitte Minister of State (Department of Health)