Educate Together

Lobbying Organisation Educate Together

Date published 19 Sep, 2025

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Education and Training

Period 1 May, 2025 to 31 Aug, 2025

Specific Details Met with Peadar Tóibín TD to discuss Educate Together, challenges in meeting demand, and the need for the parental survey and reconfiguration funding.

Intended results To raise awareness of Educate Together’s challenges and seek support for the parental survey and funding for reconfiguration.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Lydia McCarthy, Head of Education and Development, Educate Together

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.

Meeting (1)

Met with Peadar Tóibín TD and his PA, Luke Silke, in his government office to discuss Educate Together. Explained challenges in meeting demand and outlined the need for the parental survey to be launched and for patronage reconfiguration to be funded by the Department of Education and Youth.

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.

Peadar Tóibín TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)