Focus Ireland (Focus Ireland)

Lobbying Organisation Focus Ireland

Date published 21 Sep, 2022

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Housing

Period 1 May, 2022 to 31 Aug, 2022

Specific Details Phone call with Cian O'Callaghan TD regarding new HAP changes

Intended results To discuss new HAP discretion rates and improve public policy responses to housing supply and homelessness

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Mike Allen

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.

Phone call (1)

Director of Advocacy at Focus Ireland, Mike Allen, met with Cian O'Callaghan, Housing Spokesperson for the Social Democrats Party, to discuss new HAP discretion rates and improve public policy responses to housing supply and 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.

Cian O'Callaghan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)