The Wheel

Lobbying Organisation The Wheel

Date published 21 May, 2019

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Community

Period 1 Jan, 2019 to 30 Apr, 2019

Specific Details The Wheel met Minister Ring to discuss the Department of Rural and Community Development's Strategy for Social Enterprise

Intended results To ensure that the strategy is coherent with the Department's other strategies to support the community and voluntary sector

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Deirdre Garvey, CEO

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)

The meeting took place on January 30th in the offices of Minister Ring, DRCD, Nassau Street, Dublin.

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.

Michael Ring Minister (Department of Rural and Community Development)

Padraig Hughes Special Adviser (Department of Rural and Community Development)