Overwatch Report

Focus Ireland

May–August

[Housing] Minister O'Brien Visit to Focus Accommodation at Georges Hill

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Focus Ireland

May–August

[Housing] Residential Tenancies Bill Proposal

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Focus Ireland

May–August

[Housing] Proposal for Focus Ireland Family Centre services

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Focus Ireland

May–August

[Housing] Submission of Case Studies from Focus Ireland services nationwide

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Focus Ireland

May–August

[Housing] Concerns on the Residential Tenancies and Valuation Bill 2020

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Focus Ireland

May–August

[Housing] Reintroducing the eviction ban in line with the other reintroduced restrictions

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Focus Ireland

May–August

[Children and Youth Affairs] Childcare Prevents Homelessness Campaign

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'}

Focus Ireland

May–August

[Housing] Joint Letter from the Homeless Network for DRHE, HSE funding

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Focus Ireland

May–August

[Housing] Family Centre Services Proposal

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Focus Ireland

May–August

[Children and Youth Affairs] Coalition to End Youth Homelessness input on Youth Homelessness Strategy contents

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Social Protection] Briefing on rent supplement and the need to ensure scheme is fit for purpose in light of Covid-19 and risks of increased evictions and consequent homelessness for one parent families

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Housing] Briefing on youth homelessness and Housing First for Youth

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Catherine Stocker', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'}

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Housing] Referendum on the right to housing

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Steven Matthews', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Crosscare

September–December

[Housing] In collaboration with Focus Ireland, Simon Community, DePaul, Crosscare wrote to Minister Darragh O' Brien re funding for homeless services.

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Housing] Participation in Minister O'Brien's High Level Homeless Task Force

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Housing] Focus Ireland Family Centre partnership

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Housing] Reply to review of homeless services by the Dublin Region Homeless Executive and the request for interim supports in overhead allocations

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Housing] COVID-19 vaccination scheme

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Housing] Minister O'Brien's Taskforce on Homelessness September 14th

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Children and Youth Affairs] Meeting of Coalition to End Youth Homelessness with DCYA

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Children and Youth Affairs] Childcare provisions during COVID-19

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Social Protection] COVID-19 social welfare protections

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'}

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Education and Training] Educational supports for part time courses

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Housing] Focus Housing development plans on Connaught Street, Dublin

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Cieran Perry', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Eimer McCormack', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': "Cat O'Driscoll", 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'}

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Housing] Focus Ireland research report on alternative approaches to providing emergency accommodation to families

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Focus Ireland

September–December

[Children and Youth Affairs] Youth homelessness among care leavers - Housing First for Youth programme

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Focus Ireland

January–April

[Housing] Residential Tenancies Legislation

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': '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': 'Paul Lemass', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'}

Focus Ireland

January–April

[Housing] Local Elections 2019

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Councillors', 'role': 'All local election candidates, including sitting councillors running for re-election.'}

Focus Ireland

January–April

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Regulation of Lobbying Act

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'}

Focus Ireland

January–April

[Housing] Electoral Registration Process

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John Paul Phelan', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'}

Lobbying Tracker

Most Lobbied TDs