Irish Educational Publishers' Association

Lobbying Organisation Irish Educational Publishers' Association

Date published 12 Sep, 2017

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Education and Training

Period 1 May, 2017 to 31 Aug, 2017

Specific Details Circular0032/2017 Measures to be adopted by schools to reduce the cost of school uniforms and other costs, specifically the phasing out of non-reusable workbooks

Intended results ensure officials understand that banning workbooks will be detrimental to pupils and teachers and will increases costs to parents

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Cliodhna O'Doonoghue

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)

Letter to the Minister for Education and Skills asking him to share any research and financial models upon which the decision to ban workbooks was taken, evidence of any consultation with the teaching community on how this will impact teaching practices it as well as a definition of the term non-reusable workbooks.

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.

Richard Bruton Minister (Department of Education and Skills)

Gary Ó Donnchadha Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)