Immigrant Council of Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Immigrant Council of Ireland

Date published 21 May, 2021

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Jan, 2021 to 30 Apr, 2021

Specific Details Meeting with Tanaiste Leo Varadkar to seek support from Dept of Enterprise, Trade and Employment to improve work conditions of food delivery workers in Ireland.

Intended results To present the bad working conditions of food delivery drivers and ask for the support of the Department on finding solutions.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Valeria Aquino, Integration Officer, attended the meeting on behalf of the Immigrant Council of Ireland

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 (1)

The meeting was requested by the Food Delivery drivers and ELSU (English Language Students Union), and attended also by SIPTU, MRCI, INAR and food delivery workers. The aim of the meeting was to present the bad working conditions of food delivery drivers and ask for the support of the Department on finding solutions. The main points discussed were: safety, reduction of salaries/payments by delivery companies, self employment contracts.

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 An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)