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

Lobbying Organisation Society of St. Vincent de Paul

Date published 20 May, 2022

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Housing

Period 1 Jan, 2022 to 30 Apr, 2022

Specific Details Meeting with the Minister for Housing as part of the National Homeless Action Committee to discuss homeless prevention measures and National Youth Homelessness Strategy

Intended results Greater allocation of funding for homeless prevention including supports to address rent arrears, HAP top-ups and tenancy sustainment That the new youth homeless strategy would focus on homeless prevention and risk factors for youth homelessness, and would have a broad definition of youth homelessness

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 took place on the 7th of February - focus on homeless prevention

Meeting (1)

Meeting took place on the 11th of April - focus on youth homelessness

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.

Darragh O'Brien Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)