Overwatch Report

Focus Ireland

January–April

[Housing] Aftercare support

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Patrick Costello', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'}

Focus Ireland

January–April

[Housing] Child and Family Homelessness

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Catherine Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Bob Jordan', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'}

Focus Ireland

January–April

[Housing] Social Housing

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'}

Focus Ireland

January–April

[Housing] Housing and homelessness legislation

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Tommy Broughan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Maureen O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Thomas Pringle', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Catherine Connolly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Clare Daly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mick Wallace', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 1 more

Focus Ireland

January–April

[EU Affairs] Poverty and homelessness

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Marian Harkin', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Brian Hayes', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

Focus Ireland

January–April

[Housing] Housing Acquisition Process

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael Walsh', 'role': 'CEO (Waterford City and County Council)'} {'name': 'Eugene Cummins', 'role': 'Chief Executive Officer (Roscommon County Council)'} {'name': 'Dan McInerney', 'role': 'CEO (Carlow County Council)'} {'name': 'Catherine Keenan', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)'} {'name': 'Billy Coman', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (South Dublin County Council)'} {'name': 'Joe McGuinness', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Louth County council)'} + 2 more

Focus Ireland

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Thomas Pringle', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Brendan Howlin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Jim O'Callaghan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Finbarr O’Malley', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Focus Ireland

May–August

[Housing] Short-term lettings

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John Curran', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Colm Brophy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ruth Coppinger', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Barry Cowen', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Bernard Durkan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 8 more

Focus Ireland

May–August

[Children and Youth Affairs] LGBTI youth homelessness

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Katherine Zappone', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'}

Focus Ireland

May–August

[Budgetary matters] Pre-budget advocacy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government)'} {'name': 'Katherine Zappone', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'} {'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)'} + 1 more

Focus Ireland

May–August

[Education and Training] Educational supports for homeless children

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Only the Minister for Education, Richard Bruton, was targeted.'} {'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'}

Focus Ireland

May–August

[Housing] Rental regulation

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government)'}

Focus Ireland

May–August

[Housing] Rebuilding Ireland advocacy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government)'}

Focus Ireland

May–August

[Housing] Family Homelessness

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eileen Gleeson', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Catherine Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Focus Ireland

May–August

[Housing] Homelessness Policy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Patrick Costello', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government)'} {'name': 'Mary Hurley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Community and Local Government)'}

Focus Ireland

May–August

[Public Expenditure and Reform] National Economic Dialogue advocacy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Robert Watt', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Derek Moran', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Finance)'}

Focus Ireland

May–August

[Health] Health and homelessness

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Róisín Shortall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Focus Ireland

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Housing and homeless supports for households leaving Direct Provision

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'David Stanton', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Justice and Equality)'} {'name': 'Carol Baxter', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Justice and Equality)'}

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Budgetary matters] Budget 2018

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Michael D’Arcy', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Helen Faughnan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Anne Vaughan', 'role': 'Deputy Secretary (Department of Social Protection)'}

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Children and Youth Affairs] Youth Homelessness

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Patrick Costello', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Katherine Zappone', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'}

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Migrant Homelessness

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Carol Baxter', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Justice and Equality)'}

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Housing] Ending homelessness

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Gerry Adams', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government)'} {'name': 'Mary Hurley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Community and Local Government)'} {'name': 'Séamus Healy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Education and Training] Educational impacts of homelessness

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Kathleen Funchion', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Housing] Family Homelessness

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eileen Gleeson', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Dublin City Council)'}

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Employment] Youth employment supports

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Anne Vaughan', 'role': 'Deputy Secretary (Department of Social Protection)'}

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Development and Zoning] Ireland 2040

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government)'}

Focus Ireland

January–April

[Housing] Post-Budget 2015

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Email from supporters.'} {'name': 'Jim McGrath', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'}

Focus Ireland

January–April

[Housing] Committee on Housing and Homelessness

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Catherine Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Seán Canney', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ruth Coppinger', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Barry Cowen', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Curran', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 8 more

Focus Ireland

January–April

[Housing] General Election campaign

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Supporters emailed general election candidates, some of whom were sittings TDs and Senators.'}

Focus Ireland

January–April

[Housing] Government Formation

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Katherine Zappone', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Lobbying Tracker

Most Lobbied TDs