Society of St. Vincent de Paul (Society of St. Vincent de Paul)

Lobbying Organisation Society of St. Vincent de Paul

Date published 14 Jan, 2019

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Social Protection

Period 1 Sep, 2018 to 31 Dec, 2018

Specific Details Adequacy and method for setting the rates of Social Welfare Payments

Intended results Benchmarking Social Welfare Payments to a Minimum Essential Standard of Living

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Caroline Fahey

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.

Meeting (1)

Tricia Keilthy and Caroline Fahey met with John Brady TD to discuss his proposals on a Commission for Social Welfare and the possibility of benchmarking social welfare payments to the Minimum Essential Standard of Living 14th November.

Meeting (1)

Tricia Keilthy and members of the European Anti Poverty network met with Senator Ged Nash to discuss benchmarking social welfare payments to the Minimum Essential Standard of Living, 6th Nov.

Meeting (1)

Caroline Fahey and members of the European Anti Poverty network met with Willie O'Dea TD to discuss benchmarking social welfare payments to the Minimum Essential Standard of Living, 7th Nov.

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 Brady TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Gerald Nash Senator (Seanad)

Willie O'Dea TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)