Daughters of Charity Community Services

Lobbying Organisation Daughters of Charity Community Services

Date published 11 Jan, 2024

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Education and Training

Period 1 Sep, 2023 to 31 Dec, 2023

Specific Details Meeting to celebrate 100 years of St. Mary's Early Years, within the Daughters of Charity Community Services. As part of the celebrations, we wished to advance knowledge of the particular one stop shop model (of education and training) that is offered in Henrietta Street within the local community. In the longer term we hoped to advance funding for Community Services

Intended results Increased awareness of the services provided and benefit to the local community Increased funding going forward to support the delivery of services

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Mary McPhillips

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 (2-5)

Letter inviting designated public officals to a specific event in the organisation with a view to celebrating a long history of service in the community and gaining their support of the organisation

Email (21-30)

Follow up to letters and telephone calls, giving specific location and dates in Henrietta Street where event(s) would take place

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.

Roderic O'Gorman Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)

Marie Sherlock Senator (Seanad)

Gary Gannon TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mary Fitzpatrick Senator (Seanad)