Uplift

Lobbying Organisation Uplift

Date published 21 Sep, 2017

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Housing

Period 1 May, 2017 to 31 Aug, 2017

Specific Details We tweeted at Eoghan Murphy asking him to keep people in their homes and stop the St Helen's Court eviction.

Intended results We intend to get Eoghan Murphy to stop the eviction of residents of St Helen's Court.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Clodagh Schofield

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.

Social Media (2-5)

Here are the tweets: "As housing crisis escalates please keep people in their home @MurphyEoghan Stop the St Helen's Court eviction" A huge amount of families are facing evictions by greedy, vulture fund landlords. Tell @MurphyEoghan to intervene: https://twitter.com/UpliftIRL/status/893148879276957700 Since last night 1,700+ ppl have signed the petition calling on @MurphyEoghan to stop this eviction #vulturefunds https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/stop-the-st-helen-s-court-evicition … https://twitter.com/UpliftIRL/status/893393780145082368

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.

Eoghan Murphy Minister (Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government)