National Adult Literacy Agency

Lobbying Organisation National Adult Literacy Agency

Date published 11 Sep, 2026

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Education and Training

Period 1 May. 2026 to 31 Aug. 2026

Specific Details Further Education and Training (FET) strategy, Adult Literacy for Life (ALL) strategy

Intended results More funding for NALA services, and solutions to challenges with FET and ALL strategy implementation

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Colleen Dube

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)

16 June 2026: CEO Colleen Dube, Chair of NALA Board Eleanor Neff, and Vice-Chair Patricia (Trish) Nolan met with Marian Harkin and Eoin Morton in Government buildings. The headline agenda items were "sustainability of NALA's services" and "current implementation and investment in the FET and ALL strategies"

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.

Marian Harkin Minister of State (Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science)

Eoin Morton Adviser to Minister of State (Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science)