Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited

Lobbying Organisation Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited

Date published 18 May, 2019

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Social Protection

Period 1 Jan, 2019 to 30 Apr, 2019

Specific Details Community and Voluntary Pillar Bilateral Meeting with Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

Intended results Get updates on different Social Welfare Payments and also raise concerns and challenges organisations' members face when dealing with local offices

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Louise Lennon

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)

Two meetings were held with the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection during this Lobbying Period. One was regular Bilateral meeting in January Jacqui McCrum attended meeting

Meeting (1)

Meeting with the Department Officials on Budgeting Benchmarking Jacqui McCrum attended this meeting as Deputy Secretary General (Does not seem to be available below as DPO so have included her as it appears in the search button

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.

Anne Vaughan Deputy Secretary (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)

Jacqui McCrum Director General (The Office of the Ombudsman)

John Conlon Assistant Secretary (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)