Disability Federation of Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Disability Federation of Ireland

Date published 20 May, 2022

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Children and Youth Affairs

Period 1 Jan, 2022 to 30 Apr, 2022

Specific Details Children's disability services

Intended results Commitment to advocate on issues affecting delivery services of children's services such as workforce planning, section 39 pay parity, funding, communication with families, etc.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Cathy McGrath, John Dolan, Ríona Morris

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.

Virtual Meeting (2-5)

1 Virtual meeting with Deputy David Cullinane and Deputy Pauline Tully on 22/02/22 1 Virtual meeting with Deputy David Cullinane, Deputy Pauline Tully and Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire on 07/03/22 1 Virtual meeting with Deputy David Cullinane, Deputy Pauline Tully, in conjunction with Inclusion Ireland and Down Syndrome Ireland 22/03/22

Email (1)

1 Follow up email sent post meeting of 22/02/22

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.

David Cullinane TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Pauline Tully TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)