Overwatch Report

Community Law & Mediation

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Submission to the Department of Justice on its Statement of Strategy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'}

Community Law & Mediation

September–December

[Housing] Submission on Fair Deal Scheme

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Ballymun Community Law Centre

January–April

[Social Protection] Email correspondence to local TD seeking assistance to arrange meeting with Minister for Social Protection.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Noel Rock, TD (Currently employed as a DPO)', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Noel Rock', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Ballymun Community Law Centre

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Letter of enquiry regarding financial assistance

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)'}

Community Law & Mediation

May–August

[Social Protection] Correspondence with DEASP Chief Appeals Officer regarding publication of case studies in their annual report

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Joan Gordon', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)'}

Community Law & Mediation

May–August

[Housing] Correspondence re proposed increase in suspension periods from the housing list

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Community Law & Mediation

May–August

[Housing] Submission to the Seanad Public Consultation Committee on a More Equitable Ireland for Traveller

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paul Coghlan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Mark Daly', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Martin Conway', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Catherine Ardagh', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Jerry Buttimer', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Maria Byrne', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} + 4 more

Community Law & Mediation

May–August

[Education and Training] Engagment with the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills regarding the use of reduced timetabling in schools

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Kathleen Funchion', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Catherine Martin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Tony McLoughlin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Hildegarde Naughton', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Fiona O'Loughlin", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 5 more

Ballymun Community Law Centre

September–December

[Social Protection] Request for meeting to make application for funding

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Noel Rock', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Community Law & Mediation

September–December

[Social Protection] Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registrations Act 2018. Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme, Limerick

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Community Law & Mediation

September–December

[Housing] Revised HAP form

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Community Law & Mediation

September–December

[Housing] Minister's proposal to increase suspension periods for social housing applicants

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Community Law & Mediation

September–December

[Housing] Report on the Legal Implications and Lived Experiences of the Caravan Loan Scheme

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Damien English', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'} {'name': 'John Paul Phelan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John McCarthy', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'} {'name': 'Mary Hurley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'} {'name': 'Barry Quinlan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'}

Community Law & Mediation

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Civil Legal Aid Scheme and funding for community law centres

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Community Law & Mediation

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Letter to Minister for Social Protection thanking the Department for 2018 funding and seeking a meeting to discuss our work.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'}

Community Law & Mediation

May–August

[Housing] Email seeking a meeting to discuss reform in the area of the Caravan Loan scheme, sharing discussion document prepared for our roundtable on the topic in late 2017.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Jan O'Sullivan", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': "Jan O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Colette Kelleher', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Eoin O'Broin", 'role': 'Councillor (South Dublin County Council)'} {'name': 'Éamon Ó Cuív', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 12 more

Community Law & Mediation

September–December

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Whether the terms of the Caravan Loan Scheme will be reviewed.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Clare Daly TD (Currently employed as a DPO)', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Clare Daly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Community Law & Mediation

September–December

[Public Expenditure and Reform] CLM was in contact with Eoin O Broin TD, in relation to setting up a Roundtable on the Caravan Loan Scheme

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Community Law & Mediation

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Email asking TDs and Senators to sign up for membership of CLM

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Maureen O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Clare Daly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Feargal Quinn', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'David Norris', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Maurice Quinlivan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 5 more

Community Law & Mediation

May–August

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Meeting to discuss recommendations in our report on the social welfare appeals office.

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Community Law & Mediation

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Letter to Minister Regina Doherty regarding continued funding for CLM and follow-up meeting with Minister.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)'}

Community Law & Mediation

January–April

[Social Protection] Discussed current and future funding for the organisation.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Joan Burton', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Tim Duggan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)'}

Community Law & Mediation

May–August

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Email attaching submission to Fuller Working Lives working group Age Discrimination in Employment: Report following a Roundtable Discussion

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)'} {'name': "Mary Mitchell O'Connor", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 1 more

Community Law & Mediation

May–August

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Email attaching submission to Fuller Working Lives working group - Age Discrimination in Employment: Report following a Roundtable Discussion

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Tommy Broughan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Seán Haughey', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Denise Mitchell', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Finian McGrath', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Community Law & Mediation

May–August

[Social Protection] Meeting with CAO & Deputy CAO regarding CLM's research project examining the themes of consistency and transparency within the social welfare appeals process.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Joan Gordan', 'role': 'Director (Department of Social Protection)'}

Community Law & Mediation

September–December

[Social Protection] Report sent by email and discussion of report at the roundtable meeting. At the Roundtable Meeting Saoirse Brady, independent consultant, presented a final draft report on the themes of consistency and transparency within the social welfare appeals process which was discussed with key stakeholders who attended the meeting.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Joan Gordon', 'role': 'Director (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': 'John Conlon', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)'}

Community Law & Mediation

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Information on Grant Scheme and clarification on scheme for 2017 re funding for Community Law and Mediation

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}

Community Law & Mediation

September–December

[Children and Youth Affairs] Pre-Budget Submission from CLM: Children and the Social Welfare Code

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Joan Burton', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Joan Collins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Joanna Tuffy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Dara Calleary', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Áine Collins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael Conaghan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 23 more

Community Law & Mediation

September–December

[Social Protection] Pre-Budget Submission from CLM: Children and the Social Welfare Code

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Joan Burton', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Joan Collins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Joanna Tuffy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Dara Calleary', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Áine Collins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael Conaghan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 23 more

Community Law & Mediation

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Email attaching election manifesto document from ESC Rights Initiative. The ESC Rights Initiative is a coalition of civil society organisations supporting strengthened economic, social and cultural rights protection in the Irish Constitution.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Derek Nolan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Deirdre Kingston', 'role': 'Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)'} {'name': 'Thomas Pringle', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Catherine Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Eoin O'Broin", 'role': 'Councillor (South Dublin County Council)'} + 1 more

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