National Women's Council of Ireland

Lobbying Organisation National Women's Council of Ireland

Date published 20 Sep, 2023

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Local Government

Period 1 May, 2023 to 31 Aug, 2023

Specific Details To advocate for family friendly local government programmes at local authority level

Intended results To present research findings from NWC A Toolkit for Local Authorities on supporting Family Friendly Local Government

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Ciara McHugh, Women's Leadership Officer, Orla O'Connor, Director

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

Mass communications

Email All Councillors Ciara McHugh - mass email invitation to all Longford, Roscommon, and Westmeath councillors for Regional launch of NWC research: A Toolkit for Local Authorities on supporting Family Friendly Local Government

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (1)

Ciara McHugh - targeted email invitation to Longford Council Executives for Longford Regional launch of NWC research: A Toolkit for Local Authorities on supporting Family Friendly Local Government

Email (1)

Ciara McHugh - invitation to and request to present on Women's Regional Caucus at Longford Regional Launch of NWC Research. Cllr Carmel Brady, Chair of Regional Women's Caucus

Email (1)

Ciara McHugh - targeted invitation to Wicklow Regional launch of NWC research: A Toolkit for Local Authorities on supporting Family Friendly Local Government Peir Leonard, Miriam Murphy, Avril Cronin, Erika Doyle , Grace McManus , Aoife Flynn Kennedy, Anne Ferris, Melanie Corrigan, Lourda Scott, Mary Kavanagh, Irene Winters,

Event / Reception (1)

Orla O'Connor presented findings of NWC research at Wicklow Regional launch of NWC research.

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.

Paddy Mahon CEO (Longford County Council)

John McKeon Head of Finance (Longford County Council)

Samantha Healy Director of Services or Equivalent (Longford County Council)

John Brannigan Director of Services or Equivalent (Longford County Council)

Michael Nevin Acting Director of Service (Longford County Council)

Carmel Brady Councillor (Cavan County Council)

Peir Leonard Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Miriam Murphy Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Avril Cronin Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Erika Doyle Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Grace McManus Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Aoife Flynn Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Anne Ferris Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Melanie Corrigan Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Lourda Scott Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Mary Kavanagh Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Irene Winters Councillor (Wicklow County Council)