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2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Graham Doyle (Secretary General), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Intent: Influence housing policy and change
Methods: Unknown
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Common Statement of Homelessness and Housing related Asks from the Irish Homeless Policy Group (IHPG)- General Election 2024 |
2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Helen McEntee (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paschal Donohoe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Heydon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Cummins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Paul O'Shea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jack Chambers (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Darragh O'Brien (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Norma Foley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mary Butler (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Lawless (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Browne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Lowry (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Noel Grealish (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kevin Boxer Moran (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Canney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marian Harkin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Verona Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Carol Nolan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Barry Heneghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gillian Toole (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: We asked that members of the negotiating teams seek to include three key objectives in the Programme for Government:1. Update Legal Definition of Homelessness2. Introduce a National “Homeless Priority” for Social Housing Support3. Hold a Referendum on the Right to Housing
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Programme for Government - Issued Three Key Asks to Members of Negotiating Teams |
2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Intent: Law reform to enable removal of perpetrators of domestic violence from joint social housing tenancies and law reform to prevent penalisation of victims of domestic violence who surrender or abandon social housing tenancies because of domestic violence. ::Law reform to be introduced as part of the proposal under the Government's Zero Tolerance, Third National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence, Implementation plan, which suggests that the Government will examine the current legislative position on assisting victims of Domestic Violence with emergency and long-term accommodation needs.
Methods: Submission
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Submission to the Department of Housing in respect of proposed law reform to assist victims of domestic violence to access housing |
2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Intent: Law reform to enable removal of perpetrators of domestic violence from joint social housing tenancies and law reform to prevent penalisation of victims of domestic violence who surrender or abandon social housing tenancies because of domestic violence.
Methods: Submission
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Submission to the Department of Housing in respect of proposed law reform to assist victims of domestic violence to access housing |
2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Eoin Ó Broin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Following invitation attended meeting to discuss Sinn Féin housing plan and offer thoughts in Q&A session on 3 September 2024. Attended by Adam Boyle, Kate Heffernan and Teresa Kelly on behalf of MLRC.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Breakfast Briefing - A Home of Your Own |
2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Michael Creed (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Steven Matthews (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sorca Clarke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cian O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pat Buckley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul McAuliffe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Discuss potential constitutional change in relation to a right to housing in light of the 'The Housing Commission Report and proposed wording for an amendment to Bunreacht na hÉireann Constitution of Ireland'
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Right to housing |
2024-09-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Gerard Craughwell (Senator), Seanad; Victor Boyhan (Senator), Seanad; Mary Fitzpatrick (Senator), Seanad; Gerry Horkan (Senator), Seanad; Richard Bruton (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Whitmore (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Healy-Rae (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoin Ó Broin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eamon Ryan (Minister), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Appropriate allocation of Government budget funding for social housing and homelessness to be brought to government attention by TDs and Senators (or their representatives) who attend briefing.::Appraise TDs and Senators (or their representatives) of the demonstrated need for housing law training within local authorities (which Mercy Law Resource Centre can provide).
Methods: Event / Reception
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Pre-Budget Briefing Event by Civil Society Organisations' for Public Representatives |
2024-09-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Thomas Phelan (Councillor), Waterford City and County Council
Intent: Greater knowledge of housing law amongst local councillors and local council staff, through educational training.
Methods: Phone call, Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Education/Training on Housing Law |
2024-05-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Paul McAuliffe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Creed (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Francis Noel Duffy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe Flaherty (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Thomas Gould (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cian O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Richard O'Donoghue (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoin Ó Broin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Victor Boyhan (Senator), Seanad; John Cummins (Senator), Seanad; Mary Fitzpatrick (Senator), Seanad; Rebecca Moynihan (Senator), Seanad; Mary Seery Kearney (Senator), Seanad
Intent: Provide feedback on General Scheme of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024 and request that full consultation be held on the draft Bill.
Methods: Submission
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | General Scheme of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024 |
2024-05-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Steven Matthews (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Provide feedback on proposed General Scheme of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024 and request that full consultation be held on the draft Bill.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | General Scheme of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024 |
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