Peter McVerry Trust (Peter McVerry Trust)

Lobbying Organisation Peter McVerry Trust

Date published 21 Jan, 2021

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Housing

Period 1 Sep, 2020 to 31 Dec, 2020

Specific Details To expand the provision of Housing First tenancies

Intended results Increase in national Housing First targets

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Pat Doyle, CEO

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)

The CEO of PMVT had regular interaction with Minister O'Brien on the matter of Housing First and put forward views that the targets should be increased on a national basis to increase the impact of the model

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.

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