Threshold

Lobbying Organisation Threshold

Date published 21 May, 2019

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Housing

Period 1 Jan, 2019 to 30 Apr, 2019

Specific Details Meeting with Senators to discuss the work of Threshold, future cooperation and the Residential Tenancies Bill (No.2) 2019

Intended results Inform the senators about our work and about our concerns with the bill.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity John-Mark McCafferty

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.

Meeting (2-5)

Two meetings, both with the same senators, but with different representatives from Threshold. Both on same subject. 06/03/2019 Meeting between John-Mark McCafferty and the Senators. 26/03/2019 Meeting between Threshold's Policy Officer (Ann-Marie O'Reilly), Threshold's Legal Officer (Gavin Elliott) and the Senators.

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.

John Dolan Senator (Seanad)

Grace O'Sullivan Senator (Seanad)