Co-operative Housing Ireland Society Limited

Lobbying Organisation Co-operative Housing Ireland Society Limited

Date published 18 Sep, 2019

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Housing

Period 1 May, 2019 to 31 Aug, 2019

Specific Details Various issues relating to the Housing Alliance, an alliance of Approved Housing Bodies.

Intended results General housing issues including Classification, affordable rental, regulation, end of CAS/CLSS, unsold affordables and upgrades of CLSS stock

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Kieron Brennan

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)

Date: 22.07.2019 Time: 2pm DRAFT - Agenda • Classification. • Affordable rental. • Other challenges: o National approaches (rents, allocations, register of interests). o Regulation. o End of mortgage CAS/CLSS. o Unsold affordables. o Upgrade of CLSS stock. • AOB.

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.

Paul Lemass Assistant Secretary (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)