Cork Simon Community

Lobbying Organisation Cork Simon Community

Date published 16 Jan, 2026

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Housing

Period 1 Sep, 2025 to 31 Dec, 2025

Specific Details Various aspects relating to single adult homelessness, including extent of single adult homelessness in the Southwest, rough sleeping, homeless deaths in the Southwest, mental health and homelessness, and exclusion.

Intended results A greater understanding of the unique challenges facing single adult households experiencing homelessness in the SOuthwest.

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

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.

Email (1)

Invitation email to attend half-day seminar on single adult homelessness in the Southwest.

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.

Aindrias Moynihan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

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

Michael Moynihan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Collins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Holly Cairns TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Christopher O'Sullivan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Micheál Martin An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)

Seamus McGrath TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jerry Buttimer Minister of State (Department of Rural and Community Development)

Pádraig Rice TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Thomas Gould TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Pádraig O'Sullivan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Colm Burke TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ken O'Flynn TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Eoghan Kenny TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

James O'Connor TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Noel McCarthy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Pat Buckley TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Liam Quaide TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Pa Daly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Norma Foley TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Healy-Rae TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Danny Healy-Rae TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Cahill TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Denis O'Donovan Senator (Seanad)

Tim Lombard Senator (Seanad)

Laura Harmon Senator (Seanad)

Garret Kelleher Senator (Seanad)

Alan Coleman Councillor (Cork County Council)

Ann Bambury Councillor (Cork County Council)

Gillian Coughlan Councillor (Cork County Council)

John Collins Councillor (Cork County Council)

John Michael Foley Councillor (Cork County Council)

Marie O'Sullivan Councillor (Cork County Council)

Audrey Buckley Councillor (Cork County Council)

Ben Dalton O'Sullivan Councillor (Cork County Council)

Eoghan Fahy Councillor (Cork County Council)

Jack White Councillor (Cork County Council)

Patrick Donovan Councillor (Cork County Council)

Úna McCarthy Councillor (Cork County Council)

Anthony Barry Councillor (Cork County Council)

Cathal Rasmussen Councillor (Cork County Council)

Dominic Finn Councillor (Cork County Council)

Ger Curley Councillor (Cork County Council)

Sheila O'Callaghan Councillor (Cork County Council)

Sinéad Sheppard Councillor (Cork County Council)

Joe Kavanagh Councillor (Cork City Council)

John Daniel Maher Councillor (Cork City Council)

Noel O'Flynn Councillor (Cork City Council)

Margaret McDonnell Councillor (Cork City Council)

Oliver Moran Councillor (Cork City Council)

Ted Tynan Councillor (Cork City Council)

Brian McCarthy Councillor (Cork City Council)

Damian Boylan Councillor (Cork City Council)

John Sheehan Councillor (Cork City Council)

Kenneth Collins Councillor (Cork City Council)

Michelle Gould Councillor (Cork City Council)

Tony Fitzgerald Councillor (Cork City Council)

Fiona Kerins Councillor (Cork City Council)

Dan Boyle Councillor (Cork City Council)

Paudie Dineen Councillor (Cork City Council)

Sean Martin Councillor (Cork City Council)

Shane O'Callaghan Councillor (Cork City Council)

Niamh O'Connor Councillor (Cork City Council)

Des Cahill Councillor (Cork City Council)

Honore Kamegni Councillor (Cork City Council)

Kieran McCarthy Councillor (Cork City Council)

Mary Rose Desmond Councillor (Cork City Council)

Peter Horgan Councillor (Cork City Council)

Terry Shannon Councillor (Cork City Council)

Albert Deasy Councillor (Cork City Council)

Colm Kelleher Councillor (Cork City Council)

Fergal Dennehy Councillor (Cork City Council)

Gary O’Brien Councillor (Cork City Council)

Joe Lynch Councillor (Cork City Council)

Ciara O’Connor Councillor (Cork City Council)

Terry Coleman Councillor (Cork City Council)

Ann Marie Ahern Councillor (Cork County Council)

John Buckley Councillor (Cork County Council)

Eamonn Horgan Councillor (Cork County Council)

Mary Linehan Foley Councillor (Cork County Council)

Michael Hegarty Councillor (Cork County Council)

Patrick Mulcahy Councillor (Cork County Council)

Rory Cocking Councillor (Cork County Council)

Deirdre O'Brien Councillor (Cork County Council)

Frank O'Flynn Councillor (Cork County Council)

Nelius Cotter Councillor (Cork County Council)

Kay Dawson Councillor (Cork County Council)

Peter O'Donoghue Councillor (Cork County Council)

William O'Leary Councillor (Cork County Council)

Bernard Moynihan Councillor (Cork County Council)

Ronan Sheehan Councillor (Cork County Council)

Gearóid Murphy Councillor (Cork County Council)

Ian Doyle Councillor (Cork County Council)

Aileen Browne Councillor (Cork County Council)

Liam Madden Councillor (Cork County Council)

Pat Hayes Councillor (Cork County Council)

Tony O'Shea Councillor (Cork County Council)

Trish Murphy Councillor (Cork County Council)

Kate Lynch Councillor (Cork County Council)

Gobnait Moynihan Councillor (Cork County Council)

Martin Coughlan Councillor (Cork County Council)

Michael Creed Councillor (Cork County Council)

Michael Looney Councillor (Cork County Council)

Ted Lucey Councillor (Cork County Council)

Caroline Cronin Councillor (Cork County Council)

Daniel Sexton Councillor (Cork County Council)

Danny Collins Councillor (Cork County Council)

Deirdre Kelly Councillor (Cork County Council)

Finbarr Harrington Councillor (Cork County Council)

Isobel Towse Councillor (Cork County Council)

Joe Carroll Councillor (Cork County Council)

Brendan McCarthy Councillor (Cork County Council)

Patrick Gerard Murphy Councillor (Cork County Council)