Overwatch Report

Focus Ireland

January–April

[Housing] Government's new "Housing for All" Strategy and campaign for a specific strategy to end family homelessness

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Rebecca Moynihan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': "Cian O'Callaghan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Focus Ireland

January–April

[Housing] Deaths of people in homelessness

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Focus Ireland

January–April

[Housing] Sharing details of Focus Ireland Strategy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Kevin Dillon', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}

Focus Ireland

January–April

[Housing] EU funding available for homeless services

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Focus Ireland

May–August

[Housing] Sharing Focus Ireland's End Homelessness campaign

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Focus Ireland

January–April

[Housing] Sharing details of Focus Ireland Strategic Plan

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Cian O'Callaghan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Rebecca Moynihan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Focus Ireland

January–April

[Housing] Arrangements for handing over of Focus Ireland End Homelessness campaign petition

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Dónall Geoghegan', 'role': 'Chief of Staff (Department of the Taoiseach)'}

Focus Ireland

January–April

[Housing] Youth homelessness strategy

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Focus Ireland

January–April

[Housing] Focus Ireland family homelessness services and campaign

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Focus Ireland

January–April

[Housing] National Housing First policy

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Focus Ireland

January–April

[Social Protection] Temporary increase in fuel poverty

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Claire Kerrane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Focus Ireland

January–April

[Children and Youth Affairs] National Childcare Scheme

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Focus Ireland

January–April

[Social Protection] Social welfare concerns for lone parent families

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': "Joe O'Brien", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Rónán Hession', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)'}

Focus Ireland

January–April

[Social Protection] Covid supports for Lone Parent Families

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mary Lou McDonald', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Catherine Martin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Róisín Shorthall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 9 more

Focus Ireland

May–August

[Housing] Funding for Focus Ireland Family Centre

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eoin Wilson', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}

Focus Ireland

May–August

[Social Protection] Funding for Focus Ireland Family Centre

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Brendan Kenny', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Mary Hayes', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Dublin City Council)'}

Focus Ireland

May–August

[Social Protection] To confirm public funding for Family Centre

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Focus Ireland

May–August

[Housing] Meetings of the Minister For Housings 'High Level Task Force' on homelessness

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'Mary Hayes', 'role': 'Director of Services or Equivalent (Dublin City Council)'}

Focus Ireland

May–August

[Housing] Discussion of proposed social housing development in Cabra

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Focus Ireland

May–August

[Social Protection] Discussion of policy changes that would prevent families becoming homeless and support them to exit homelessness

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Focus Ireland

May–August

[Social Protection] Handing in petititon to shift public policy towards the goal of ending homelessness

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mary Seery Kearney', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Mary Fitzpatrick', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Francis Noel Duffy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Focus Ireland

May–August

[Social Protection] Campaign to ensure that family homelessness was adequately addressed in Government strategy

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Focus Ireland

May–August

[Social Protection] Delay in payment to child benefit to parents where their child has turned 16 and the form confirming the child is still in education is outstanding.

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Focus Ireland

May–August

[Housing] Pre-Budget submission

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}

Focus Ireland

May–August

[Housing] Submitted memo setting out the increased numbers at risk of homelessness after the lifting of the covid-related eviction ban.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Kevin Dillon', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of the Taoiseach)'}

Focus Ireland

May–August

[Housing] Submission to 'Housing For All' consultation process

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Children and Youth Affairs] Made policy proposals by way of Pre-Budget Submission as part of National One Parent Family Alliance

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Conor Rowley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Children and Youth Affairs] Submitted Pre-Budget Submission as part of National One Parent Family Alliance

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Mass e-mail to all TDs and Senators'} {'name': 'Rónán Hession', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)'}

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Children and Youth Affairs] Request that National One Parent Family Alliance are consulted on a financial scheme to support separated people access public housing schemes

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Housing] Meeting with Director of Dublin Regional Homeless Executive about homeless services

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Lobbying Tracker

Most Lobbied TDs