Financial Justice Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Financial Justice Ireland

Date published 01 Dec, 2016

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Housing

Period 1 May, 2016 to 31 Aug, 2016

Specific Details We shared a report about the role of vulture funds in the Irish housing market as well as internationally and steps the government should take to address these, including: 1. support more effective collective action clauses 2. Participate in negotiations to develop a sovereign debt resolution mechanism, 3. Participate actively in multilateral framework negotiations, 4. bring about a more equitable financial system with greater transparency

Intended results National governments should support more effective collective action clauses, national and/or regional legislation limiting vulture fund activity Government should Participate in negotiations to develop a sovereign debt resolution mechanism, on the basis of nonnegotiable working principles, Government should work to bring about a more equitable and balanced international economic order Increased financial transparency , specifically introducing legislation and further regulation to ensure much greater transparency for investors in distressed debt, for example requiring all investors in distressed debt to produce detailed financial reports for the Central Bank of Ireland

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Maeve Bateman

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 (11-20)

An email was send to members of the Oireachtas Housing committee sharing on report entitled: From Puerto Rico to the Dublin Docklands: Vulture funds and debt in Ireland and the Global South'

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.

Maureen O'Sullivan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ruth Coppinger TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mary Butler TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Catherine Byrne TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Canney TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Barry Cowen TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John Curran TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Bernard Durkan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Kathleen Funchion TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Harty TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Eoin Ó Broin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Fergus O'Dowd TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Brendan Ryan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)