Down Syndrome Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Down Syndrome Ireland

Date published 16 May, 2025

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Community

Period 1 Jan, 2025 to 30 Apr, 2025

Specific Details Request to Mayor for financial support for Tour De Munster

Intended results Financial support for annual Tour De Munster event.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Neal Quinn, Brid Hayes

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 (2-5)

Emails regarding financial support of Tour de Munster cycle. Cllr Clare Colleran kindly agreed to support the Tour de Munster with councillor discretionary funding of €1,000 and also forwarded the email of request to colleagues in the Ennis Municipal District, asking that they might consider supporting the cycle and revert to the branch directly if intending to do so. Other councillors did not reply. Clare County Council is now listed as a sponsor of the Tour de Munster cycle.

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.

Clare Colleran Molloy Councillor (Clare County Council)