Waterford & South Tipperary Community Youth Service

Lobbying Organisation Waterford & South Tipperary Community Youth Service

Date published 03 May, 2023

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Children and Youth Affairs

Period 1 Jan, 2023 to 30 Apr, 2023

Specific Details This was a political briefing organised by Youth Work Ireland

Intended results Awareness of public representatives raised regarding crucial issues such as young people and mental health

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Christina Fogarty

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.

Letter (6-10)

A letter was sent to Waterford & Tipperary public representatives inviting them to attend an event organised by Youth Work Ireland

Lobby day (6-10)

A delegation from our charity attended a public event (invite describes in action 1 above) on the 26th of April 2023 which was visited by individual public representatives

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.

Roderic O'Gorman Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)

Jackie Cahill TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Matt Shanahan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Róisín Shorthall TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mattie McGrath TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)