Depaul

Lobbying Organisation Depaul

Date published 17 Jan, 2020

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Community

Period 1 Sep, 2019 to 31 Dec, 2019

Specific Details Meetings around Funding and reporting requirements,

Intended results Clarity for SLA process

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Denis Mahoney- Director of Finance, David Carroll- CEO, Dermot Murphy - Interim Director of Services

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)

8th October - Meeting with Minister of State David Stanton and Deputy Secretary General Oonagh Buckley to discuss the ongoing challenges of sourcing accommodation for international protection applicants. 10th December - Follow up meeting, see above. 13th November - Meeting with Eileen Gleeson re. funding of homeless services and service level agreements.

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.

Eileen Gleeson Director of Services or Equivalent (Dublin City Council)

David Stanton Minister of State (Department of Justice and Equality)

Oonagh Buckley Deputy Secretary (Department of Justice and Equality)