Northside Partnership

Lobbying Organisation Northside Partnership

Date published 20 Jan, 2020

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Community

Period 1 Sep, 2019 to 31 Dec, 2019

Specific Details Northside Partnership CEO and Director of Services met with Minister McGrath in the Minister's office in Leinster House.

Intended results In meeting with Minister McGrath Northside Partnership's CEO and Northside Partnership's Director of Services sought to raise concerns with regard to the future provision of community based local employment services and their potential outsourcing through a public procurement process. In particular NSP representatives sought to raise awareness of the benefits of person centred, community-based services in assisting long term unemployed people in moving toward the labour market. NSP delegates req

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Paul Rogers

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 (1)

NSP CEO sent a letter to Minister McGrath requesting a meeting to discuss the Local Employment Services which Northside Partnership currently delivers under contract to the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection.

Meeting (1)

Minister McGrath responded to the letter and the meeting was arranged in Leinster House

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.

Finian McGrath TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Regina Doherty Minister (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)