Autism Spectrum Information, Advice and Meeting Point Ltd, Trading as AsIAm

Lobbying Organisation Autism Spectrum Information, Advice and Meeting Point Ltd, Trading as AsIAm

Date published 18 Mar, 2020

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Jan, 2020 to 30 Apr, 2020

Specific Details Lobbied General Election candidates from all political parties and none to sign up to our Autism Pledge

Intended results Once elected, all candidates who signed up to our Pledge would follow through on their commitment and legislate/support the legislation of an Autism Empowerment Act, as well as the accompanying Strategy

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Gáibhin McGranaghan

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 (100+)

Emails were sent out to individual candidates to their campaign emails outlining AsIAm's vision for autism inclusion as well as a digital copy of the Autism Pledge

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.

Micheál Martin Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Dara Calleary TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

James Browne TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mary Butler TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Thomas Byrne TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jackie Cahill TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jack Chambers TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Niall Collins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Barry Cowen TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Cathal Crowe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Éamon Ó Cuív TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Cormac Devlin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Stephen Donnelly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Joe Flaherty TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Fleming TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Norma Foley TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Haughey TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John Lahart TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

James Lawless TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Marc MacSharry TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paul McAuliffe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Charlie McConalogue TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael McGrath TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John McGuinness TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Aindrias Moynihan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Moynihan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Darragh O'Brien TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jim O'Callaghan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

James O'Connor TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Willie O'Dea TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Christopher O'Sullivan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Pádraig O'Sullivan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Anne Rabbitte TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Brendan Smith TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Niamh Smyth TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Robert Troy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mary Lou McDonald TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Chris Andrews TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John Brady TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Martin Browne TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Pat Buckley TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Matt Carthy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Sorca Clarke TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Rose Conway-Walsh TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Réada Cronin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Crowe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

David Cullinane TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Pa Daly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Pearse Doherty TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paul Donnelly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Dessie Ellis TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mairéad Farrell TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Kathleen Funchion TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Thomas Gould TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Johnny Guirke TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Martin Kenny TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Claire Kerrane TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Padráig Mac Lochlainn TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Denise Mitchell TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Imelda Munster TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Johnny Mythen TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Eoin Ó Broin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ruairí Ó Murchú TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Louise O'Reilly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Darren O'Rourke TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Maurice Quinlivan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Patricia Ryan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Brian Stanley TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Pauline Tully TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mark Ward TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Violet Anne Wynne TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Leo Varadkar TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Simon Coveney TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Colm Brophy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Richard Bruton TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Colm Burke TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Peter Burke TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ciaran Cannon TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Joe Carey TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Creed TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Alan Dillon TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paschal Donohoe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Bernard Durkan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Damien English TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Alan Farrell TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Frank Feighan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Charles Flanagan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Brendan Griffin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Simon Harris TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Martin Heydon TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Emer Higgins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Heather Humphreys TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paul Kehoe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Josepha Madigan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Helen McEntee TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Joe McHugh TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Eoghan Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Hildegarde Naughton TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Kieran O'Donnell TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Patrick O'Donovan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Fergus O'Dowd TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John Paul Phelan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Neale Richmond TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Ring TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

David Stanton TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Eamon Ryan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Patrick Costello TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Francis Noel Duffy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Neasa Hourigan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Catherine Martin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Brian Leddin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Steven Matthews TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Malcolm Noonan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Joe O'Brien TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Roderic O'Gorman TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ossian Smyth TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Catherine Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Róisín Shorthall TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Cian O'Callaghan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Gary Gannon TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Holly Cairns TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jennifer Whitmore TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Brendan Howlin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Alan Kelly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Sherlock TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Duncan Smith TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ged Nash TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Richard Boyd Barrett TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Gino Kenny TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paul Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Bríd Smith TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Peadar Tóibín TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Joan Collins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Cathal Berry TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Canney TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Collins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Catherine Connolly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Fitzmaurice TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Peter Fitzpatrick TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Noel Grealish TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Marian Harkin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Danny Healy-Rae TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Healy-Rae TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Lowry TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mattie McGrath TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael McNamara TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Verona Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Denis Naughten TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Carol Nolan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Richard O'Donoghue TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Thomas Pringle TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Matt Shanahan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Bobby Aylward TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Pat Deering TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Adrienne Wallace Councillor (Carlow County Council)

Alan Hayes Councillor (South Dublin County Council)

Denis Hynes Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)

Robbie Gallagher Senator (Seanad)

Timmy Dooley TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Róisín Garvey Councillor (Clare County Council)

Pat Breen TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Martin Conway Senator (Seanad)

Mary Linehan Foley Councillor (Cork County Council)

Liam Quaide Councillor (Cork County Council)

Kenneth Noel O'Flynn Councillor (Cork City Council)

Oliver Moran Councillor (Cork City Council)

Tony Fitzgerald Councillor (Cork City Council)

John Daniel Maher Councillor (Cork City Council)

Ger Keohane Councillor (Cork City Council)

Diarmaid O' Cadhla Councillor (Cork County Council)

John Paul O'Shea Councillor (Cork County Council)

Colette Finn Councillor (Cork City Council)

Lorna Bogue Councillor (Cork City Council)

Jerry Buttimer Senator (Seanad)

Paudie Dineen Councillor (Cork City Council)

Tim Lombard Senator (Seanad)

Paul Hayes Councillor (Cork County Council)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Karen Coakley Councillor (Cork County Council)

Alan Coleman Councillor (Cork County Council)

Pat the Cope Gallagher TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John O'Donnell Councillor (Donegal County Council)

Martin Harley Councillor (Donegal County Council)

Mary Sweeney Councillor (Laois County Council)

David Healy Councillor (Fingal County Council)

John Lyons Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Deirdre Heney Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Catherine Noone Senator (Seanad)

Michael O'Brien Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Kate O'Connell TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mannix Flynn Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Christy Burke Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Mary Fitzpatrick Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Joe Costello Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Éilis Ryan Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Dean Mulligan Councillor (Fingal County Council)

Tony Murphy Councillor (Fingal County Council)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee Senator (Seanad)

James Reilly Senator (Seanad)

Paul Mulville Councillor (Fingal County Council)

John Curran TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Vicki Casserly Councillor (South Dublin County Council)

Paul Gogarty Councillor (South Dublin County Council)

Peter Kavanagh Councillor (South Dublin County Council)

Joanna Tuffy Councillor (South Dublin County Council)

Francis Timmons Councillor (South Dublin County Council)

Noel Rock TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Caroline Conroy Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Andrew Montague Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Shay Brennan Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Sorcha Nic Cormaic Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Shane Ross Minister (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)

Lettie McCarthy Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Deirdre Conroy Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Catherine Byrne Minister of State (Department of Health)

Catherine Ardagh Senator (Seanad)

Rebecca Moynihan Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Tara Deacy Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Katherine Zappone Minister (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)

Charlie O'Connor Councillor (South Dublin County Council)

Carly Bailey Councillor (South Dublin County Council)

Sandra Fay Councillor (South Dublin County Council)

Deirdre O'Donovan Councillor (South Dublin County Council)

Mick Duff Councillor (South Dublin County Council)

Ruth Coppinger TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Joan Burton TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Emer Currie Councillor (Fingal County Council)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Shane O'Brien Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Barry Ward Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Mary Hanafin Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Juilet O'Connell Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Dave Quinn Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Peter Roche Councillor (Galway County Council)

Donagh Mark Killilea Councillor (Galway County Council)

Seán Kyne TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ollie Crowe Councillor (Galway City Council)

Pauline O'Reilly Councillor (Galway City Council)

Mike Cubbard Councillor (Galway City Council)

Niall McNelis Councillor (Galway City Council)

John Brassil TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mike Kennelly Councillor (Kerry County Council)

Norma Moriarty Councillor (Kerry County Council)

Frank O'Rourke TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Vincent Martin Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Anthony Lawlor Senator (Seanad)

Fiona O'Loughlin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mark Wall Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Fiona McLoughlin Healy Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Suzanne Doyle Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Pippa Hackett Senator (Seanad)

John Leahy Councillor (Offaly County Council)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Peter Ormond Councillor (Offaly County Council)

Ken Smollen Councillor (Offaly County Council)

Noel Tuohy Councillor (Laois County Council)

Frankie Daly Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Jan O'Sullivan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Maria Byrne Senator (Seanad)

James Collins Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Seighin O Ceallaigh Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Tom Neville TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Collins Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Kevin "Boxer" Moran TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Micheál Carrigy Councillor (Longford County Council)

Louise Heavin Councillor (Westmeath County Council)

Gabrielle McFadden Senator (Seanad)

Declan Breathnach TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John McGahon Councillor (Louth County council)

James Byrne Councillor (Louth County council)

Lisa Chambers TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michelle Mulherin Senator (Seanad)

Regina Doherty TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Joe Bonner Councillor (Meath County Council)

Sharon Keogan Councillor (Meath County Council)

Deirdre Geraghty Smith Councillor (Meath County Council)

Emer Tóibín Councillor (Meath County Council)

Annie Hoey Councillor (Meath County Council)

Shane Cassells TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ronan Moore Councillor (Meath County Council)

Noel French Councillor (Meath County Council)

Sarah Reilly Councillor (Meath County Council)

Eugene Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Aisling Dolan Councillor (Galway County Council)

Orla Leyden Councillor (Roscommon County Council)

Eamon Scanlon TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Thomas Walsh Councillor (Sligo County Council)

Declan Bree Councillor (Sligo County Council)

Gino O'Boyle Councillor (Sligo County Council)

Garret Ahearn Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

Séamus Healy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Joe Hannigan Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

Imelda Goldsboro Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

John Cummins Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Damien Geoghegan Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

John Pratt Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Eddie Mulligan Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Malcolm Byrne TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ger Carthy Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Michael Sheehan Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Jim Codd Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Lisa McDonald Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Andrew Doyle TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Joe Behan Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Pat Casey TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John Snell Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Paul O'Brien Special Advisor (Department of the Taoiseach)