Overwatch Report

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

May–August

[Education and Training] Invitation to Minister for Further and Higher Education to attend and input at an SVP members event

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

May–August

[Children and Youth Affairs] Attendance and input at the Early Learning and Care Stakeholder Forum

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

May–August

[Social Protection] Engagement with elected officials on the operation of the Community Employment Scheme

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Kieran O'Donnell", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': "Joe O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Rural and Community Development)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

May–August

[Social Protection] Member of the Roadmap for Social Inclusion Steering Group

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Niall Egan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': "Joe O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Rural and Community Development)'} {'name': 'Anne Marie McNally', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Rural and Community Development)'} {'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Pauric McPhillips', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Social Protection)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Social Protection] Distribution of Budget 2024 MESL Impact Briefing

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paul Gavan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Mark Wall', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Denise Mitchell', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Kathleen Funchion', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 41 more

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Social Protection] Member of the Roadmap for Social Inclusion Steering Group

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Niall Egan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': "Joe O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Rural and Community Development)'} {'name': 'Anne Marie McNally', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Rural and Community Development)'} {'name': 'Pauric McPhillips', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Social Protection)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Social Protection] Disseminating findings of research on 'The cost of adequately heating the home'.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paul Gavan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Mark Wall', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Denise Mitchell', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Kathleen Funchion', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 41 more

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Social Protection] Bilateral meeting the Dept of Social Protection officials as part of Community & Voluntary Pillar

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Teresa Leonard', 'role': 'Deputy Secretary (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Rónán Hession', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Budgetary matters] Engagement with elected officials on SVP pre-budget submission

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Email on the 12th of October on SVP post-budget analysis'} {'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Norma Foley', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education)'} {'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Paul McAuliffe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Dara Calleary', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} + 1 more

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Education and Training] Engagement with elected officials on the issue of voluntary contributions in schools

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paul Kehoe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Sorca Clarke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Cathal Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mairéad Farrell', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Carol Nolan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Jim O'Callaghan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 8 more

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Social Protection] Meeting with Deputy Paul McAuliffe to discuss SVP social protection policies

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paul McAuliffe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Housing] Engagement with the Minister for Housing and Department of Housing as part of the National Homeless Action Committee

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'Graham Doyle', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'Kevin Dillon', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'David Kelly', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Meeting with Minister Joe O'Brien on issues affecting refugees and asylum seekers

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Joe O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Energy and Natural Resources] Engagement with the British Irish Parliamentary Assembly on the topic of energy poverty

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mattie McGrath', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Brendan Howlin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Rose Conway-Walsh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Community] Engagement with Government departments on a bilateral basis as a member of the Community and Voluntary Pillar

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Carol Baxter', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Rónán Hession', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Teresa Leonard', 'role': 'Deputy Secretary (Department of Social Protection)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Housing] Engagement with elected officials on housing issues affecting lone parents as part of the National One Parent Family Alliance

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Steven Matthews', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Housing] Engagement with the Department of Housing regarding SVP registration as an Approved Housing Body

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Feargal Ó Coigligh', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Social Protection] Minimum Essential Standard of Living, 2022 Annual Update report publication

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paul Gavan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Denise Mitchell', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Kathleen Funchion', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Denis Naughten', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 37 more

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Social Protection] Distribution of Budget 2023 MESL Impact Briefing

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paul Gavan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Denise Mitchell', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Kathleen Funchion', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Denis Naughten', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 37 more

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Employment] Living Wage rate for 2022/23

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paul Gavan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Denise Mitchell', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Kathleen Funchion', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Denis Naughten', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 37 more

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Employment] 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’

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Alice-Mary Higgins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Employment] Response to Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment consultation on the phase in of a living wage

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Employment] Submission to Committee on Gender Equality regarding the Citizen's Assembly recommendation on the Living Wage

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ciaran Cannon', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Sorca Clarke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Réada Cronin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Neasa Hourigan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 8 more

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

January–April

[Housing] Meeting with the Taoiseach at the event marking the transfer of SVP homeless accommodation to Depaul in Cork on the 10th of January

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

January–April

[Housing] Meeting with the Minister for Housing as part of the National Homeless Action Committee to discuss homeless prevention measures and National Youth Homelessness Strategy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

January–April

[Social Protection] Engagement with elected officials on the impact of the cost of living crisis on low income households and measures to address it.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Claire Kerrane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Joe O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Rural and Community Development)'} {'name': 'Anne Marie McNally', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Rural and Community Development)'} {'name': 'Paul Kenny', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Dara Calleary', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 9 more

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

January–April

[Social Protection] Meeting as part of the Steering Group on the Roadmap for Social Inclusion to discuss progress the implementation of actions and progression towards the targets

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Niall Egan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Carol Baxter', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Bairbre Nic Aongusa', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Rural and Community Development)'} {'name': "Joe O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Rural and Community Development)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

January–April

[Social Protection] Meeting with the Department of Social Protection to discuss the funding arrangement for the potential transfer of the Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice Budget Standards Research Centre to SVP

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Ciaran Lawler', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

January–April

[Environment] Attendance at the Climate Stakeholder Forum and participation in workshops

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

January–April

[Social Protection] Meeting with Gary Gannon to discuss child maintenance and liable relative provision, access to ENP and social protection data

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Gary Gannon', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

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