Simon Communities of Ireland (Simon Communities of Ireland)

Lobbying Organisation Simon Communities of Ireland

Date published 21 Jan, 2023

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Housing

Period 1 Sep, 2022 to 31 Dec, 2022

Specific Details Homelessness and Housing

Intended results Sought a meeting with Taoiseach to advance the actions to be taken while the moritorium on evictions was in place

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Wayne Stanley

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.

Letter (1)

Wrote to Taoiseach Varadkar cc'ing Minister Darragh O'Brien seeing a meeting with a delegation of members of Simon Communities of Ireland. The meeting was requested in light of the incoming Taoiseach's stated commitment to addressing the issue of homelessness and to advance the actions to be taken while the moritorium on evictions was in place.

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.

Leo Varadkar Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)

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