Overwatch Report

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Social Protection] Bilateral meeting with the Department of Social Protection as part of the community and voluntary pillar

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Tim Duggan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Energy and Natural Resources] Meeting with Senator Lynn Boylan to discuss the experience of SVP supporting people in energy poor homes, our policy submissions and research on energy poverty

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Lynn Boylan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Social Protection] Meeting with Deputy Claire Kerrane regarding the establishment of a Commission on Social Welfare and the Social Welfare Bill

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Energy and Natural Resources] Submission to the Climate Action Committee on the Climate Action and Low-Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020 in conjunction with Community Law and Mediation and the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Réada Cronin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Cormac Devlin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Alan Farrell', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Brian Leddin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Darren O'Rourke", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 3 more

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Finance] Submission to the Committee on Finance, Expenditure and Public Reform and Taoiseach on the Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mick Barry', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Pearse Doherty', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Bernard Durkan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mairéad Farrell', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Steven Matthews', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John McGuinness', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 3 more

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Housing] Letter to the Minister for Housing outlining our concerns regarding rent arrear due to COVID-19 and our proposed solutions. Letter included request that SVP become a member of the High Level Homeless Task Force.

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] Support for low income households in the event of extreme weather event

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

January–April

[Social Protection] Indexing of social welfare payments

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

January–April

[Social Protection] National Social Target for Poverty Reduction

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

January–April

[Employment] SVP Report entitled "Working, Parenting and Struggling: An analysis of the employment and living conditions of one parent families in Ireland

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government)'} {'name': 'Joe McHugh', 'role': 'Government Chief Whip and Minister (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Katherine Zappone', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

January–April

[Housing] Risk of increasing numbers of families entering homelessness due to problems with the operation of HAP, Rent Supplement and Supplementary Welfare Allowance

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

January–April

[Social Protection] Social Protection priorities for the Society of St Vincent de Paul for Budget 2020

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

January–April

[EU Affairs] European Elections

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Clare Daly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ciaran Cuffe', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Gary Gannon', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Éilis Ryan', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Alice-Mary Higgins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Mairead McGuinness', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} + 11 more

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

January–April

[Community] SVP Spring edition of the Bulletin magazine sent to Taoiseach, Tanaiste, Ministers and Ministers of State

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Letter All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Cover letter and copy of SVP bulletin magazine sent to Taoiseach, Tanaiste, Ministers and Ministers of State.'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

January–April

[Social Protection] Adequate resourcing of North Munster MABS

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

May–August

[Budgetary matters] SVP advocacy and engagement (meetings, letters and mass mail out) with members of the Oireachtas on our pre-budget proposals regarding education, housing, energy, social protection and health expenditure

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Letter All Oireachtas Members', 'role': "Mailout of a hardcopy of SVP's pre-budget submission on the 1st of July 2019"} {'name': 'Maria Bailey', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Brady', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Curran', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Fiona O'Loughlin", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Bríd Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 6 more

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

May–August

[Education and Training] Meeting with the Minister for Education and Skills to discuss SVP experience of supporting people who are educationally disadvantaged and our proposed solutions

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Joe McHugh', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

May–August

[Social Protection] Bilateral meeting with the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection as part of the community and voluntary pillar

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jacqui McCrum', 'role': 'Deputy Secretary (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)'} {'name': 'John Conlon', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

May–August

[Children and Youth Affairs] Briefing with members of the Oireachtas on the No Child 2020 campaign and the five policy asks in relation to food, health, housing, education and social participation

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Brady', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Tommy Broughan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Bilateral meeting with the Department of Justice and Equality as part of the community and voluntary pillar

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

May–August

[Social Protection] Meeting with the Minister Employtment Affairs and Social Protection to discuss supports for lone parents, the forthcoming National Anti-Poverty Strategy, supports for households at risk of homelessness, and benchmarking social welfare rates

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

May–August

[Employment] Meeting with the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection as part of the Low Pay Commission to advocate for an increase in the National Minimum Wage

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

May–August

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Mail out of SVP election manifesto to all members of the Oireachtas

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Letter All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'A hard copy of SVP election manifesto was sent to all members of the Oireachtas on the 1st of July along with our pre-budget submission'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

May–August

[Banking and Financial Institutions] Submission circulated to the members of the Oireachtas Committee on Finance regarding the capping on moneylender rates via the clerk of the committee

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John Deasy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Peter Burke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Joan Burton', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Pearse Doherty', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John McGuinness', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 5 more

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Education and Training] Presentation to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills on the issues of school costs

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Catherine Martin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', '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)'} {'name': "Jan O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 5 more

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Budgetary matters] SVP advocacy and engagement with members of the Oireachtas on Budget 2020 regarding our proposals in education, housing, energy, social protection and health expenditure

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)'} {'name': 'John Brady', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Joe Carey', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Bríd Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Catherine Ardagh', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} + 17 more

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Social Protection] Bilateral meeting with the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection as part of the community and voluntary pillar to seek updates on departmental statistics, policies and programmes and to discuss the budgetary process and the department's approach to public consultation

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jacqui McCrum', 'role': 'Deputy Secretary (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Energy and Natural Resources] Mailout of SVP "Growing up in the Cold" research report on the nature and extent of energy poverty in households with children to all Government Ministers.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Letter All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Mailout of report and accompanying letter outlining the main findings of the report and the recommendations on the 13th of December.'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} + 23 more

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

January–April

[Social Protection] Arrangements made by the Department of Social Protection for fuel poor homes during Storm Emma

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

January–April

[Community] Request for meeting with Minister Ring to discuss programmes and policies of relevance to SVP within the Department of Rural and Community Development

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael Ring', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Rural and Community Development)'}

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