ATD Fourth World Ireland CLG

Lobbying Organisation ATD Fourth World Ireland CLG

Date published 30 Apr, 2020

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Jan, 2020 to 30 Apr, 2020

Specific Details Appeal for the recognition of socio-economic discrimination as a status ground in Irish Equality Legislation

Intended results The adoption of above legislation

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Mark Hogan

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)

A call to ensure that the programme for government contains a commitment to amend the Employment Equality Acts 1998-2015 and Equal Status Acts 2000-2015 to include socioeconomic discrimination as a status ground.

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.

Philip O’Callaghan Special Adviser (Department of the Taoiseach)

Jim O'Callaghan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Fiona O'Loughlin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Eoin Ó Broin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)