COPE Galway CLG (COPE Galway CLG)

Lobbying Organisation COPE Galway CLG

Date published 13 Sep, 2018

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Budgetary matters

Period 1 May, 2018 to 31 Aug, 2018

Specific Details A submission to Mr Paschal Donoghue TD, Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform detailing a range of measures COPE Galway are putting forward for inclusion in Budget 2019. COPE Galway consider these measures to be vital to addressing the plight of those the organisaiton works with on a day to day basis including people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, women and children who are expereicing domestic abuse and older people living in isolation.

Intended results An increase in social housing supply through building to meet both current and future needs in response to the growth in homelessness The introduction of measures address the slow pace of delivery of social housing including speeding up the processing of the Capital Assistance Scheme Additional funding specifically for therapeutic interventions for children and young people affected by domestic violence Provision to be put in place for an emergency payment to be available for women with children residing in domestic violence refuges who do not have access to social welfare payments Provision to be made for an emergency accommodation expenses payment for families forced to reside in private emergency tourist accommodation due to homelessness based on the Qualified Child Increase payment rate An increase to the state pension An increase in the living alone allowance An increase in the fuel allowance Funding be provided to have an assigned and dedicated Community Welfare Officer role for those experiencing homelessness in Galway

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Jacquie Horan

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)

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.

Paschal Donohoe Minister (Department of Finance)

Paschal Donohoe Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

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

Katherine Zappone Minister (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)

Jim Daly Minister of State (Department of Health)

Simon Harris Minister (Department of Health)

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

Damien English Minister of State (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)

Seán Kyne Minister of State (Department of Rural and Community Development)

Denis Naughten TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Fitzmaurice TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Éamon Ó Cuív TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Noel Grealish TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ciaran Cannon TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Sean Canney Minister of State (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Anne Rabbitte TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Hildegarde Naughton TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Catherine Connolly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Eugene Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)