Society of St. Vincent de Paul (Society of St. Vincent de Paul)

Lobbying Organisation Society of St. Vincent de Paul

Date published 16 May, 2019

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Employment

Period 1 Jan, 2019 to 30 Apr, 2019

Specific Details SVP Report entitled "Working, Parenting and Struggling: An analysis of the employment and living conditions of one parent families in Ireland

Intended results Highlight the increase in poverty among working lone parents between 2012 and 2017 Restoration of earnings disregards and better supports for employment, education and training for lone parents

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Caroline Fahey

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.

Submission (1)

The full report was sent to the Taoiseach, Minister for Housing, Minister for Social Protection, Minister for Education and Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. The report outlined the doubling of poverty among working lone parents between 2012 and 2017 and the supports necessary to address this issue.

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.

Leo Varadkar Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)

Regina Doherty Minister (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)

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

Joe McHugh Government Chief Whip and Minister (Department of the Taoiseach)

Katherine Zappone Minister (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)