National Adult Literacy Agency

Lobbying Organisation National Adult Literacy Agency

Date published 17 May, 2023

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Education and Training

Period 1 Jan, 2023 to 30 Apr, 2023

Specific Details Expanding literacy ambassador programme into other prison education units and delivering literacy awareness to prison staff.

Intended results Delivering literacy ambassador programmes into other prison education units and delivering literacy awareness to prison staff

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Colleen Dube

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 (1)

23 February 2023 - Emailed a copy of NALA’s Prison Literacy Proposals to the Office of the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation.

Informal communication (1)

Met Minister Harris at an event in Raheny library on 23 February 2023. Handed a copy of NALA's Prison Literacy Proposals to his assistant on the day and informed Minister Harris that this had been done.

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.

Simon Harris Minister (Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science)