Depaul

Lobbying Organisation Depaul

Date published 19 May, 2020

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Community

Period 1 Jan, 2020 to 30 Apr, 2020

Specific Details Homeless services

Intended results CEO interaction via phone calls- Inform the Minister on the response of the Homeless sector to Covid-19 Staff- email to local Councillor- to seek exemption for parking costs for front line staff during the Covid-19 crisis in Dublin City. This was conducted without the organisations knowledge at the time.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity David Carroll CEO Depaul, Gabrielle Linehan- Staff member of Depaul Ireland

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.

Email (2-5)

Staff member in a Depaul Service emailed Councillor Mannix Flynn to ask for an exemption from Parking fees for the duration of shifts during the Covid-19 crisis. Mr Flynn passed the query on to two members of DRHE Brendan Kenny and Mary Flynn who responded to the staff member to say they would need to liaise internally on this. Staff member contacted Mr Flynn unknown to senior staff in Depaul and has been spoken to since.

Phone call (2-5)

David Carroll Depaul CEO spoke with Minister Eoghan Murphy on three occasions about the homeless sector response to Covid-19. Three meetings outlined below; 1) Minister Eoghan Murphy (Call with Minister and Other CEO's in the Homeless charity sector as well as Mary Hurley (Assistant Secretary), David Kelly (Principal Officer), Paul Melia (Special Adviser) & Niamh Drew Homelessness during Covid 19 Wednesday, 18 March 2) Minister Murphy and David Carroll CEO via phone call Homelessness during Covid-19 Tuesday, 24 March 3) Minister Eoghan Murphy and David Carroll CEO via phone call Homelessness during Covid 19 Thursday, 9 April

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.

Mannix Flynn Councillor (Dublin City Council)

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

Brendan Kenny Director of Services or Equivalent (Dublin City Council)

Damien English Minister of State (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)

Mary Hurley Assistant Secretary (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)

Jack O'Donnell Special Adviser (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Paul Melia Special Adviser (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)