National Federation of Voluntary Service Providers Supporting People with Intellectual Disability (National Federation of Voluntary Service Providers Supporting People with Intellectual Disability)

Lobbying Organisation National Federation of Voluntary Service Providers Supporting People with Intellectual Disability

Date published 20 Sep, 2022

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 May, 2022 to 31 Aug, 2022

Specific Details Oireachtas Disability Group Letter regarding information provided in the context of the Disability Budget 2023

Intended results An accessible Budget announcement for Disability Services in Budget 2023 and that the Disability Capacity Review inform the funding of disability services in Budget 2023

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity John Dolan & Ríona Morris (DFI), Alison Harnett & Megan Leahy (Federation of Voluntary Service Providers), Derval McDonagh (Inclusion Ireland), Desmond Kenny & Damien Walsh (Independent Living Movement Ireland), Ber Grogan & Suzanna Weedle (Mental Health Reform), Joan Carthy (National Disability Services Association)

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.

Letter (1)

A letter was emailed to Minister Anne Rabbitte, Minister Michael McGrath and Minister Stephen Donnelly. The letter called for a clear and transparent disability Budget announcement in 2023, as currently there is a clack of clarity in relation to the overall additional funding allocated to disability, and in relation to the baseline figure for Disability Capacity Review funding, which in turn made it very difficult to quantify or interpret the allocation made as compared with the minimum recommended levels of investment in support areas.

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)

Michael McGrath Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Stephen Donnelly Minister (Department of Health)