Social Justice Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Social Justice Ireland

Date published 20 Jan, 2018

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Community

Period 1 Sep, 2017 to 31 Dec, 2017

Specific Details Information re Social Policy Conference "Society Matters: Reconnecting People and the State" which addressed questions such as Can the "new politics" deliver a different relationship between people and the State? What kind of Ireland do we want to shape through civic participation? How do we reconnect people with the State, and do we need a new Social Contract? Details at https://www.socialjustice.ie/content/publications/see-videos-and-papers-our-30th-annual-social-policy-conference

Intended results To stimulate debate on how to reconnect people and the State, and to encourage policy changes to promote a more deliberative democracy in Ireland

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Sean Healy, Director, Social Justice Ireland

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

Mass communications

Email All Oireachtas Members Information about Social Justice Ireland's 30th Annual Policy Conference "Society Matters: Reconnecting People and the State" including link to the papers presented and videos of the day. https://www.socialjustice.ie/content/publications/see-videos-and-papers-our-30th-annual-social-policy-conference

Email All MEPs Information about Social Justice Ireland's 30th Annual Policy Conference "Society Matters: Reconnecting People and the State" including link to the papers presented and videos of the day. https://www.socialjustice.ie/content/publications/see-videos-and-papers-our-30th-annual-social-policy-conference

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (2-5)

Information about Social Justice Ireland's 30th Annual Policy Conference "Society Matters: Reconnecting People and the State" including link to the papers presented and videos of the day. https://www.socialjustice.ie/content/publications/see-videos-and-papers-our-30th-annual-social-policy-conference

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.

Aidan O'Driscoll Secretary General (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Derek Moran Secretary General (Department of Finance)

Fergal Lynch Secretary General (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)

John McCarthy Secretary General (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)

Niall Burgess Secretary General (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Niamh O’Donoghue Secretary General (Department of Social Protection)

Robert Watt Secretary General (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Orlaigh Quinn Assistant Secretary (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Noel Waters Secretary General (Department of Justice and Equality)

Ann Nolan Second Secretary General (Department of Finance)

Anne Vaughan Deputy Secretary (Department of Social Protection)

Bairbre Nic Aongusa Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Community and Local Government)

Breda Power Assistant Secretary (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)

Carol Baxter Assistant Secretary (Department of Justice and Equality)

David Cagney Assistant Secretary (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

David Moloney Assistant Secretary (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Declan Hughes Assistant Secretary (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)

Deirdre Hanlon Assistant Secretary (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)

Frances Spillane Assistant Secretary (Department of Health)

Helen Faughnan Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)

John Callinan Assistant Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)

John Conlon Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)

John McKeon Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)

Kathleen Stack Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)

Ken Spratt Assistant Secretary (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)

Peter Baldwin Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)

Maria Graham Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Community and Local Government)

Mary Hurley Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Community and Local Government)

Michael Bunyan Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)

Michelle Shannon Director (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)

Patricia Coleman Director (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Patricia Murphy Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)

Ruth Carmody Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)

Simonetta Ryan Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)

Teresa Leonard Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)

Tim Duggan Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)

William Beausang Assistant Secretary (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

William Parnell, Assistant Secretary (Department of Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht)

Martin Fraser Secretary General (Department of the Taoiseach)

Maurice Quinn Secretary General (Department of Defence)

Seosamh Ó hÁghmaill Secretary General (Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht)

Mary Doyle Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)

Oliver Egan Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)

Paul Lemass Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Community and Local Government)

Siobhan O’Halloran Chief Nursing Officer (Department of Health)

Mark Griffin Secretary General (Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources)

Mark Griffin Secretary General (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)

Brian Carroll Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)

Katherine Licken Assistant Secretary (Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources)

Matthew Collins Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)

Michael Manley Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)

Patricia Cronin Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)

Elizabeth Canavan Assistant Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)