European Anti-Poverty Network Ireland (European Anti-Poverty Network Ireland CLG)

Lobbying Organisation European Anti-Poverty Network Ireland

Date published 17 Sep, 2025

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Social Protection

Period 1 May, 2025 to 31 Aug, 2025

Specific Details Emails to Members of the Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection, Community & Local Development requesting to put combatting poverty at the top of the committees agenda, with particular reference to income adequacy, accessible public services & measures targeted at the most disadvantaged groups

Intended results To influence decision makers to be more conscious of the impact of poverty on the individuals affected and society as a whole by providing information and research in relation to legislation and policy in this area with particular regard to the area of income adequacy, availability of public services, and targeted measures for the most disadvantaged gorups

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Clare Daly

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?) Yes

Current or Former Designated Public Official(s)

Clare Daly (Former DPO) MEP (European Parliament)

Clare Daly (Former DPO) TD (Dáil Éireann, the Lower House of the Oireachtas)

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 (2-5)

Email contact with Chair & Members of the Committee for Social Protection, Community & Rural Development requesting contact in relation to the work of the committee in pre-budget preparation, the need for income adequacy, the new Anti-Poverty strategy and the need to add socio-economic disadvantage as a ground for discrimination in Equality legislation

Meeting (1)

Follow on meeting with Liam Quaide TD and the assistant of Mark Wall TD in Leinster House 17/6 in relation to their work as Social Protection Spokespersons for their parties and the work of the committee

Submission (2-5)

Submission to the committee on social protection pre-budget scrutiny. Submission to the joint committee on COM(2025) 123 Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending EU Regulations (EU) 2021/1058 and EU 2021/1056 as regards specific measures to address strategic measures as part of mid term review

Email (2-5)

Email to Luke Ming Flanagan MEP & Michael McNamara requesting a visit to the European Parliament

Email (2-5)

Submission of Amendments to Aodhan O'Riordan MEP as part of the Eruopean Parliament's Proposals for the EU Anti-poverty Strategy

Email (1)

Email to the chair and individual members of the Committee on Social Protection who had responded to our letter of introduction, regarding placing the Anti-poverty Strategy on the work programme of the committee for the autumn Liam Quaide, Mark Wall, Pat the Cope Gallagher & Catherine Ardagh

Email (2-5)

Email request to Liam Quaide TD & Mark Wall TD to submit Parliamentary Questions in relation to income adequacy, the need for socio-economic status to be included as a ground for discrimination under the equality act.

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.

John Paul O'Shea TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mark Wall TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Liam Quaide TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Pat the Cope Gallagher TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Catherine Ardagh TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael McNamara MEP (European Parliament)

Luke Ming Flanagan MEP (European Parliament)

Aodhan O'Riordan MEP (European Parliament)