National Youth Council of Ireland

Lobbying Organisation National Youth Council of Ireland

Date published 19 Sep, 2025

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Children and Youth Affairs

Period 1 May, 2025 to 31 Aug, 2025

Specific Details Youth Work policy

Intended results Secure a meeting with Minister for Education and Youth Minister McEntee to discuss youth work and priorities for the youth work sector Secure a meeting with new Chair of Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth to discuss youth work and priorities for the youth work sector & ensure the Committee gives sufficient time to youth Meetings with TDs and Senators to discuss youth work and priorities for the youth work sector Secure meeting with members of Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth to discuss youth work and priorities for the youth work sector & ensure the Committee gives sufficient time to youth Oral Parliamentary Questions to be raised on youth work Share Parliamentary question responses Ensure that Department of Education and Youth officials were aware of priority areas of importance for the youth work sector Provide wording for a potential Seanad PMB on youth work

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Kathryn Walsh

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?) Yes

Current or Former Designated Public Official(s)

Kathryn Reilly (Former DPO) Senator (Seanad)

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 (21-30)

Emails to Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth Members; individual emails

Informal communication (1)

Text message from Mary Cunningham CEO to Malcolm Byrne TD

Meeting (6-10)

Louise O'Reilly TD; Senator Nicole Ryan; Ciaran Ahern TD; Senator Gareth Scahill; Peter Roche TD; Ryan O'Meara TD; Minister Helen Mc Entee, Bernie McNally & Cliodhna O'Neill; Shonagh NÍ Raghallaigh

Virtual Meeting (1)

Cliodhna O'Neill and Mary Cunningham

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.

Helen McEntee Minister (Department of Education)

Cathal Crowe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Malcolm Byrne TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Louise O'Reilly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ruth Coppinger TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jen Cummins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Emer Currie TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Aisling Dempsey TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ryan O'Meara TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Darren O'Rourke TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Peter Roche TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Gareth Scahill Senator (Seanad)

Joe Conway Senator (Seanad)

Shane Curley Senator (Seanad)

Linda Nelson Murray Senator (Seanad)

Pauline Tully Senator (Seanad)

Nicole Ryan Senator (Seanad)

Ciarán Ahern TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Cathal Crowe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mary Fitzpatrick Senator (Seanad)

Cian O'Callaghan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Bernie McNally Secretary General (Department of Education)

Cliodhna O’Neill Acting Assistant Secretary (Department of Education)

Johnny Guirke TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)