Intent: To raise awareness of report findings and garner support for the recommendations.
Details: To secure meetings and engage with elected/ designated officials in order to communicate the findings of Healthy Homes Ireland's report; 'Our place: Towards Healthier Greener Homes'.
Emailed Housing Minister James Browne's office on [6 May] to follow up on request sent (25 April) inviting him to address the launch of the Home User Guide at the Healthy Homes Ireland Forum on Tuesday 27 May at Buswells Hotel. Requested that the invite be forwarded on to another Junior Minister in DHLGH if Minister Browne was unable to attend. - EmailEmailed Minister of State Kieran O'Donnell [13 May,19 May, 23 May] to follow up on request for him to address the launch of the Home User Guide at the Healthy Homes Ireland Forum on Tuesday 27 May. - EmailEmailed several DPOs on [4 June] who had been invited to, but were unable to attend the Healthy Homes Ireland Forum breakfast event to provide them with a brief recap of the event and attach some photos. - Email
Intent: To raise awareness of report findings and garner support for the recommendations.
Details: To secure meetings and engage with elected/ designated officials in order to communicate the findings of Healthy Homes Ireland's report; 'Our place: Towards Healthier Greener Homes'.
Invited several DPOs including TDs, Senators, civil and publicservants from relevant government departments and agencies to the Healthy Homes Ireland Forum breakfast event in Buswells Hotel [27 May 2025]. The event will mark the launch of the Home User Guide, a publication developed by the Irish Green Building Council with the support of Construct Innovate and Cairn Homes. - EmailOn [25 April 2025] invited Minister for Housing James Browne to address the launch of the Home User Guide developed by the Irish Green Building Council with the support of Construct Innovate and Cairn Homes at a meeting of the Healthy Homes Ireland Forum on 27 May 2025. Subsequently corresponded with Minister Browne's office to ask that the invite be passed on to a junior ministerial colleague in his department. - Email
Intent: To raise awareness of report findings and garner support for the recommendations.
Details: To secure meetings with elected/ designated officials in order to communicate the findings of Healthy Homes Ireland's report; 'Our place: Towards Healthier Greener Homes'. Hosted and invited elected/ designated officials to attend a breakfast forum event to discuss to the crucial role which healthy , ...
Emailed [10 May] Minister of State Colm Burke TD’s office to request he give the keynote address at a Healthy Homes Ireland event in Buswells Hotel to be held on June 20. The Minister was invited to address how healthy homes make a positive impact on public health given his recent appointment as Minister for Public Health. - EmailEmailed [11 June] Mary Fitzpatrick TD to ask her whether she would consider tabling parliamentary questions relating to the link between poor housing and health. - EmailEmailed [22 May] Sean Crowe TD to invite him to Health to speak at a Healthy Homes Ireland event on the importance of good quality homes for public health as Cathaoirleach of the Committee on Health. - Email
Intent: Launch of the mentioned reports and presentation of findings::Influence public policy on the areas of the launch projects/reports
Details: Event to launch of three ICI projects: 1. Indicators for Local Integration (ILI) a national comparative tool to evaluate migrant integration from the Local Authorities. 2. Launch of the Toolkit for migrant candidates running in local elections and 3. Discussion of the EU Commision project Sustai, ...
Intent: Inform Housing DoSs of the benefits of Community Led Housing in addressing a range of issues, inform them of policy and other measures which they can implement to support Community Led Housing in their area, and describe how SOA can support their efforts with our knowledge and resources.
Details: (Invited) Presentation to the County and City Manager's Association (CCMA)'s Director of Services for Housing Forum, on the topic of how local authorities can support and enable Community-Led Housing in their districts.
SOA were invited by Eddie Taaffe (LGMA) to give a presentation to the County and City Manager's Association (CCMA)'s Director of Services for Housing Forum, on the topic of how local authorities can support and enable Community-Led Housing in their districts. The majority of Housing DoSs from local authorities around the country were present. - Virtual Meeting
