UCD Students' Union Company Limited by Guarantee

Lobbying Organisation UCD Students' Union Company Limited by Guarantee

Date published 04 Sep, 2023

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Education and Training

Period 1 May, 2023 to 31 Aug, 2023

Specific Details Following the release of a landmark report on student accommodation, we circulated it to every member of the Oireachtas and met with a selection of them.

Intended results Make the case for genuinely affordable and purpose built student accommodation, highlight the emergence of a two-tier student experience, seek protections for students living in digs-style arrangements and amendments to the Rent a Room Relief Scheme's criteria.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Martha Ní Riada

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

Mass communications

Email All Oireachtas Members Copy of the report was distributed.

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Meeting (6-10)

Oireachtas members were met by UCDSU elected officers in order to discuss the student accommodation landscape and the impact it is having on the pursuit of education.

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.

Simon Harris Minister (Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science)

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

Malcolm Byrne Senator (Seanad)

Mairéad Farrell TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Eoin Ó Broin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Richard Boyd Barrett TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Emer Higgins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ivana Bacik TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)