Overwatch Report

Threshold

September–December

[Housing] Meetings of the Dublin Homeless Consultative Forum

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Threshold

September–December

[Housing] Meeting at the Dublin City Lord Mayor's Roundtable on Homelessness

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mary Fitzpatrick', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'}

Threshold

January–April

[Housing] Meeting with Parliamentary Labour Party about issues in the Private Rental Sector.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Brendan Howlin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Joan Burton', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Alan Kelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Jan O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Willie Penrose', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Seán Sherlock', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 4 more

Threshold

January–April

[Housing] Meeting to discuss Threshold services and their interaction with state services.

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Threshold

January–April

[Housing] Meeting to discuss Threshold policy priorities and issues in the rental sector with the newly appointed spokesperson on housing.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Aideen Hayden (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Threshold

January–April

[Housing] Meeting of the homeless inter-agency group.

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Threshold

January–April

[Housing] Roundtable meeting on Housing and Homelessness.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'} {'name': 'Mary Hurley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'} {'name': 'John Shaw', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Eileen Gleeson', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Dublin City Council)'}

Threshold

January–April

[Housing] Request for Threshold representative to be included as a speaker at a forthcoming event.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Lisa Chambers', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Threshold

May–August

[Housing] Discussion about Threshold policies and matters relating to grant applications.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Threshold

May–August

[Housing] Invitation to Minister to attend public meeting hosted by Threshold to mark its 40th Anniversary and his subsequent attendance

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Aideen Hayden (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'}

Ibec

September–December

[Taxation] Sugar-sweetened drinks tax (SSDT) and minimum thresholds

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}

European Electronics Recyclers Association - EERA

September–December

[Environment] Proposal Deca-BDE UTC Threshold at EU Council

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mairead McGuinness', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

Center for Independent Living

September–December

[Taxation] With regard to the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations 1994 (SI 353/1994) as amended. Will he increase the threshold for remission of vehicle registration tax (VRT) to take account of the 1% surcharge that will be levied on all new diesel cars, as announced in budget 2019.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Robert Troy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Threshold

September–December

[Housing] Phone call to discuss legislation on viewing fees.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Jan O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Threshold

September–December

[Housing] Discussion on Housing and Homelessness coalition and Fair Rents campaign

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Tina McVeigh', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'}

Threshold

September–December

[Housing] Communication with Minister and his officials seeking his attendance at the launch of the Threshold annual report.

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Threshold

September–December

[Housing] Meeting to discuss Threshold services and policies

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John Dolan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Cunningham Devlin Communications

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

September–December

[Energy and Natural Resources] Representations to Minister of State at the Dept of Housing and Local Government on the exemption thresholds applicable to solar PV installations on behalf of the Micro-Renewable Energy Federation. Request to Minister Damien English TD to attend the AGM of the Micro-Renewable Energy Federation on Nov 22, 2018.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Damien English', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'}

Visual Artists Ireland

January–April

[Arts] Artists Resale Right - to seek assistance and support for the reduction of the threshold from 3000 Euro to 1000 Euro in keeping with other European countries and to broaden the number of artists in Ireland that can avail of it and to bring the SI into primary legislation with compulsory collecting included

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'}

Threshold

January–April

[Housing] Homelessness Consultative Forum meeting.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Bairbre Nic Aongusa', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Community and Local Government)'}

Threshold

May–August

[Housing] Meeting with members of the Seanad Civic Engagement Group.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John Dolan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Frances Black', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Threshold

January–April

[Housing] Update from Department of Housing on Rebuilding Ireland, Housing Assistance Payment, Homelessness and housing inclusion, Minimum Standards

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Bairbre Nic Aongusa', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Community and Local Government)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

January–April

[Housing] Meeting between the National Homeless Policy Group (SVP, Focus, Simon Community, Peter McVerry Trust and Threshold) and Tommy Broughan, Independent T.D. for Dublin Bay North on issues around homelessness including potential legislative and policy solutions

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Tommy Broughan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Threshold

January–April

[Housing] Meeting to discuss Threshold's services and funding.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Aideen Hayden (Former DPO)', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Bairbre Nic Aongusa', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Community and Local Government)'}

Threshold

January–April

[Housing] Presentation to the Housing Strategic Policy Committee of Dublin City Council

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Christy Burke', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Daithí Doolan', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Mannix Flynn', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Criona Ní Dhálaigh', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Cieran Perry', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'}

Threshold

January–April

[Housing] Highlight concerns with a Tenancy Protection Service case due to contradictions between Pilot Housing Assistance Payment for those at risk of homelessness in Dublin and Urban Regeneration Policies Intended results

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Tommy Broughan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland

January–April

[Taxation] CG50 threshold amount

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Brian Boyle', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}

IPPN - The Irish Primary Principals' Network

January–April

[Education and Training] IPPN Conference Keynote Speech - Seán Cottrell - key points raised during the speech were: poorly-defined school leadership role; inadequate resourcing; and the impact of non-stop change. IPPN's five key priorities - ne admin day a week for Teaching Principals; Reduction in maximum class size; Increased capitation grant; Restoration of middle leadership posts; reduce the threshold for admin principals.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Harold Hislop', 'role': 'Chief Inspector (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Martin Hanevy', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Gary Ó Donnchadha', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Patrick Cluskey', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Conor Quinn', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'}

Restaurants Association of Ireland

January–April

[Employment] The RAI made a submission on the review of the Employment Permit Minimum Annual Remuneration thresholds focusing on the Critical Skills Employment Permit, General Employment Permit, Intra Company Transfer Employment Permit and the Contract for Services Employment Permit.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Mary Mitchell O'Connor", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'}

Threshold

May–August

[Housing] Meeting with department officials regarding Threshold's funding.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'David Walsh', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'}

Lobbying Tracker

Most Lobbied TDs