Mercy Law Resource Centre CLG (Mercy Law Resource Centre)

Lobbying Organisation Mercy Law Resource Centre CLG

Date published 20 Sep, 2017

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Housing

Period 1 May, 2017 to 31 Aug, 2017

Specific Details Submission raising issues in relation to provision of homeless emergency accommodation - including unlawful refusals of emergency accommodation to families and individuals who are homeless and proposals to address these issues

Intended results Discussion of the issues/proposals to address these issues with Minister for Housing, Planning, Community & Local Government

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Maeve Regan, Managing Solicitor

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)

Letter sent enclosing submission raising issues in relation to emergency accommodation

Submission (1)

Submission raising issues in relation to provision of emergency homeless accommodation - including unlawful refusals of emergency accommodation to families and individuals who are homeless and proposals to address these issues

Letter (1)

Follow up letter seeking response in relation to submission

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.

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