Irish Red Cross

Lobbying Organisation Irish Red Cross

Date published 21 May, 2019

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Jan, 2019 to 30 Apr, 2019

Specific Details Access to income supports and Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) for single under 25 Syrian refugees.

Intended results Increased payment for single under 25 Syrian refugees to the over 25 rate due to no family support being available. Also intended to secure access to the homeless HAP rate instead of the standard HAP rate.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Eve Leonard, Migration Programme Manager

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? Yes

Client(s)

Client 1

Company name Irish Red Cross

CRO number (if applicable)

Company address 16 Merrion Square North, Dublin 2, Ireland

Main business or activity Charity/Advocacy

Company website redcross.ie

Contact email address mphelan@redcross.ie

Contact phone number 01 642 4600

Contact address Mary Phelan, Irish Red Cross, 16 Merrion Square North, Dublin 2

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Letter (2-5)

Meeting (2-5)

Mainly carried out at the Taskforce run by the Irish Refugee Protection Programme.

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.

Carol Baxter Assistant Secretary (Department of Justice and Equality)