Gaisce - The President's Award

Lobbying Organisation Gaisce - The President's Award

Date published 18 Jan, 2023

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Children and Youth Affairs

Period 1 Sep, 2022 to 31 Dec, 2022

Specific Details Proposal for funding. No reference to specific policy, legislation or regulations etc

Intended results Demonstrating the benefits of our community program in order to seek funding

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Avril Ryan, Gaisce Acting CEO

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.

Informal communication (1)

An informal meeting took place at 2pm on November 30th in the Department of Justice and the purpose was to discuss the impact and seek support from the Department in relation to our work in prisons, probation and youth diversion, following the Ministers attendance at the Gaisce and Working to Change conference ‘Generation Change’ on October 5th.

Email (1)

Gaisce was invited at the close of the meeting to submit a funding proposal, which was sent on the 9th of December by email to the Minister of State.

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.

Oonagh McPhillips Secretary General (Department of Justice)

James Browne Minister of State (Department of Justice)