Construction Defects Alliance

Lobbying Organisation Construction Defects Alliance

Date published 21 Sep, 2021

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Housing

Period 1 May, 2021 to 31 Aug, 2021

Specific Details Redress Scheme for Apartment Owners affected by Fire and other Defects as well as reform of the law to minimise chance of such defects occurring in the future.

Intended results Tax breaks in Budget 2022 for owner-occupiers and social landlords who have paid or are paying remediation levies for fire and other defects

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Pat Montague

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? Yes

What is the directive you gave to the grassroots campaigners? To email their Oireachtas members to ask for their support for tax breaks for owner-occupiers and social landlords in Budget 2022

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? Yes

Client(s)

Client 1

Company name Construction Defects Alliance

CRO number (if applicable)

Company address c/o 4 Wellpark Avenue, Drcumondra, Dublin 9.

Main business or activity Charity/Advocacy

Company website www.constructiondefectsalliance.ie

Contact email address info@constructiondefectsalliance.ie

Contact phone number 087-2549123

Contact address

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (31-50)

Emails forwarding copies of the Construction Defects Alliance's pre-budget submission and seeking support of key Oireachtas members concerned and the Government as well and dealing with follow-up queries

Virtual Meeting (2-5)

Zoom meetings with some members of the Housing JOC setting out the need for tax breaks for owner-occupiers and social landlords to be included in Budget 2022.

Phone call (6-10)

Phone calls following up on detailed queries from Oireachtas members

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.

Eoin Ó Broin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Francis Noel Duffy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

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

Rebecca Moynihan Senator (Seanad)

Darragh O'Brien Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

Steven Matthews TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paul McAuliffe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mary Fitzpatrick Senator (Seanad)

Emer Higgins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mary Seery Kearney Senator (Seanad)

Paschal Donohoe Minister (Department of Finance)

Michael McGrath Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Micheál Martin An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)

Louise O'Reilly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mary Lou McDonald TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ged Nash TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Alan Kelly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Róisín Garvey Senator (Seanad)

Kevin Dillon Special Adviser (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)