Trinity College Dublin Students' Union

Lobbying Organisation Trinity College Dublin Students' Union

Date published 06 May, 2025

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Education and Training

Period 1 Jan, 2025 to 30 Apr, 2025

Specific Details Meeting about student housing

Intended results Improve supply of student housing

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Jenny Maguire, President TCD SU

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.

Event / Reception (1)

met Rory Hearne to discuss student housing at a launch for St V de Paul

Meeting (1)

Met Barry Heneghan on March 13th at 11:30am in Dáil Eireann to discuss Gaeilge, transgender rights and the deficit in funding for higher education.

Meeting (2-5)

Met Mairead Farrell in person to discuss higher education, period poverty and as an introduction to the new higher education representative for Sinn Féin, Donna McGettigan on Feb 26 in Trinity College. I then met them at a later the same day in the Dáil Eireann to discuss the same issues.

Meeting (1)

Met Malcolm Byrne at the USI lobby day, March 6 2025 where we discussed Palestine, higher education funding, Gaeilge and transgender rights.

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.

Rory Hearne TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Barry Heneghan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mairéad Farrell TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Donna McGettigan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Malcolm Byrne TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)