The National Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities

Lobbying Organisation The National Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities

Date published 07 May, 2025

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Social Protection

Period 1 Jan, 2025 to 30 Apr, 2025

Specific Details Wrote a letter and sent an email to the Taoiseach and his new Unit on Disability introducing ourselves as a service to the new unit on Disability within the Department of An Taoiseach.

Intended results To increase awareness of our service and what we do, and to inform him and the unit of our call for a Strategy for Independent Advocacy in Ireland. We also offered our support of their work.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Charlotte Olhausen

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.

Email (1)

I emailed the new Unit on Disability within the Department of the Taoiseach to introduce ourselves as a service, offer our support with their work, and to inform them of our call for a Strategy on Independent Advocacy in Ireland.

Letter (1)

I sent a letter addressed to the Taoiseach and the new Unit on Disability within the Department of the Taoiseach to introduce ourselves as a service, offer our support with their work, and to inform them of our call for a Strategy on Independent Advocacy in Ireland.

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.

Micheál Martin An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)