The Open Doors Initiative

Lobbying Organisation The Open Doors Initiative

Date published 08 Sep, 2022

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Employment

Period 1 May, 2022 to 31 Aug, 2022

Specific Details Employment and education - request for costs of PLC courses to be removed for every applicant

Intended results Support for our work and addition of all refugees and asylum seekers to benefits being offered to Ukrainian refugees

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Jeanne McDonagh

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.

Meeting (1)

Meeting in the Ministers office with three officials - follow up email and meeting with officials follow up email to previous meeting with additional information

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.

Heather Humphreys Minister (Department of Social Protection)

Simon Harris Minister (Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science)

Deirdre Duffy Special Adviser (Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science)