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

Lobbying Organisation Society of St. Vincent de Paul

Date published 21 Jan, 2022

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Social Protection

Period 1 Sep, 2021 to 31 Dec, 2021

Specific Details Engagement with senior civils servants and the Minister for Communities on the implementation of the Roadmap for Social Inclusion

Intended results That the actions contained in the Roadmap for Social Inclusion are ambitious and implemented fully leading to improvements in the supports and services for low income households and a reduction in poverty

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Tricia Keilthy

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.

Virtual Meeting (1)

Meeting of the Steering Group for the Roadmap for Social Inclusion to discuss the Department's updates on relevant commitments, the draft annual report and the report card. Meeting held on the 23rd of November.

Letter (1)

Letter to Minister O’Brien and officials in DSP DPER seeking a meeting on the benchmarking commitment in the Roadmap for Social Inclusion sent on the 7th of December

Virtual Meeting (1)

Meeting of the Food Poverty Working Group to discuss the implementation of commitment 61 of the Roadmap for Social Inclusion on the 7th of December.

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.

Joe O'Brien Minister of State (Department of Rural and Community Development)

Geraldine Hurley Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)

Bairbre Nic Aongusa Assistant Secretary (Department of Rural and Community Development)

Carol Baxter Assistant Secretary (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)