Relevant Matter
Public policy or programme
Public Policy Area
Employment
Period
1 May, 2021 to 31 Aug, 2021
Specific Details
Support was requested from local Oireachtas members in Dún Laoghaire Rathdown in relation to the new Local Employment Services 'Request for Tender' process being initiated by the Dept. of Social Protection. The extremely high financial risks involved and the moves towards monitization of the service undermine the capacity of Local Development Companies to engage in the process and also risk damaging the service provision to those most distanced from the labour market at a local level.
Intended results
Support was requested to move away from the proposed changes to the system thus allowing for the retention of the LES services and the valuable supports they provide to the most disadvantaged in society. There are serious concerns regarding the process that DSP intends to use for the contracting of the new public employment service provision with one of the major issues being its move towards an underlying payment by results model when such models have been discredited internationally.
Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity
Finn McGuirk, Joint Acting CEO, Southside Partnership DLR CLG
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
Only local Oireachtas members in Dún Laoghaire Rathdown were targeted in this activity. 7 in total.
Lobbying activity
The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.
Email (1)
1 email sent to local Oireachtas members on this issue. Follow up given as needed.
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 Boyd Barrett
TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill
TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)
Cormac Devlin
TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)
Josepha Madigan
TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)
Catherine Martin
TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)
Neale Richmond
TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)
Ossian Smyth
TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)