Peter McVerry Trust (Peter McVerry Trust)

Lobbying Organisation Peter McVerry Trust

Date published 21 Jan, 2019

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Housing

Period 1 Sep, 2018 to 31 Dec, 2018

Specific Details Amendment of RTB Legislation

Intended results Amending of legislation to prevent the eviction of sitting tenants.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Pat Doyle, CEO Fr Peter McVerry, Founder

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.

Letter (1)

This was an ongoing campaign under the reporting period.

Informal communication (1)

In the absence of a category, for media, our founder Fr Peter McVerry did a series of media interviews calling for the Government to amend the legislation to protect sitting tenants in the private rental system.

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.

Leo Varadkar Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)

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