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

Lobbying Organisation Society of St. Vincent de Paul

Date published 20 Dec, 2022

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Employment

Period 1 Sep, 2022 to 31 Dec, 2022

Specific Details Discuss Recommendation 34 from the Citizen’s Assembly on Gender Equality to ‘increase the minimum wage to align it with the living wage by 2025’

Intended results Inform about latest Living Wage rate calculation Demonstrate how MESL data provides basis for ensuring adequacy of Living Wage rate Explain distinction between Living Wage and National Minimum Wage

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Robert Thornton

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)

Meeting to discuss Recommendation 34 from the Citizen’s Assembly on Gender Equality to ‘increase the minimum wage to align it with the living wage by 2025’.

Letter (1)

Letter following meeting to outline the distinction between the work of the Living Wage Technical Group and the Government proposals to increase the National Minimum Wage to a fixed threshold of median earnings. And draw parallels with similar developments in the UK.

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.

Alice-Mary Higgins Senator (Seanad)