Overwatch Report

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

January–April

[Social Protection] Mailout of Spring Edition SVP Bulletin to all TDs and Senators

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Letter All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'SVP Spring Bulletin sent to all TDs and Senators via postal mail on the 21st of March 2018'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

January–April

[Budgetary matters] Meeting with Deputy O'Dea to discuss pre-budget priorities and longer policy priorities

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

January–April

[Housing] Letter to Dublin City Council from the Irish Coalition to End Youth Homelessness, on which SVP is a member, supporting the proposed amendment that young people leaving State care would be given housing priority

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Letter All Councillors', 'role': 'Letter send to Dublin City Council on the 25th of April.'} {'name': 'Email All Councillors', 'role': 'Letter also sent in electronic form on the 25th of April.'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

May–August

[Social Protection] Income adequacy, poverty targets, supplementary welfare allowance, payments for lone parents

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Anne Vaughan', 'role': 'Deputy Secretary (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Kathleen Stack', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

May–August

[Community] Discussion of Social Enterprise research project and strategy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Kevin McCarthy', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Rural and Community Development)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

May–August

[Budgetary matters] Budget 2019 advocacy, including launch of Pre Budget Submission, meetings with elected officials, input at the National Economic Dialogue and Pre Budget Forum

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Submission All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Copies of Paving a pathway out of poverty: The SVP Pre Budget Submission 2019 were sent to all TDs and Senators'} {'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Denis Naughten', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Katherine Zappone', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'} {'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'} {'name': 'John Brady', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 4 more

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

May–August

[Health] Discussion of drugs policy and social inclusion unit, Healthy Ireland and Vision for Change

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Siobhan O’Halloran', 'role': 'Chief Nursing Officer (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Jim Breslin', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Health)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

May–August

[Housing] Proposal that the Minister should reconvene the Data Subgroup of the National Consultative Committee on Homelessness

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

May–August

[Community] Mailout of SVP Bulletin to all TDs and Senators

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Letter All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Mailout of the Summer 2018 edition of the SVP Bulletin to all TDs and Senators.'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

May–August

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Development of an innovative participatory process for groups experiencing poverty and social exclusion in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Denis Naughten', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Housing] Access to social housing, improvements in Housing Assistance Payment, responses to family homelessness, standards in the private rented sector, cost of registration for AHBs, funding for SVP homeless services

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Social Protection] Impact on families with children of living below the Minimum Essential Standard of Living

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Letter All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'A hard copy of the executive summary of the report Stories of Struggle, along with the SVP Bulletin was sent to all Ministers and Ministers of State.'} {'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Pre Budget meeting with Minister Paschal Donohoe as part of the Community and Voluntary Pillar

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': "Michael W. D'Arcy", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Niamh Callaghan', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Education and Training] Meeting request to discuss high cost of education and other education issues seen by SVP members

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Joe McHugh', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Energy and Natural Resources] Meeting request to discuss energy poverty

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Social Protection] Highlighting need for a well-funded MABS service covering Co. Clare in the North Munster MABS company

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Social Protection] Adequacy and method for setting the rates of Social Welfare Payments

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John Brady', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Gerald Nash', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': "Willie O'Dea", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September–December

[Social Protection] Bilateral meeting between the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection and the Community and Voluntary Pillar

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Anne Vaughan', '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

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Bilateral between the Department of Justice and Equality and 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

September–December

[Housing] Query on voids in Dublin City Council area and length of time taken to turn properties around

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

September–December

[Housing] Housing Assistance Payment rates in Dublin City Council

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

January–April

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Meeting between the Community and Voluntary Pillar and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on a range of policy issues including the Comprehensive Review of Expenditure; Priorities for Current and Capital Expenditure; National Economic Dialogue; Guidelines on Commissioning.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'David Moloney', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

January–April

[Education and Training] Letter to the Minister for Education and Skills from SVP National Vice President and Mid West Regional President highlighting the inadequacy of current supports for disadvantaged students in Tipperary Town. The letter also requested a review of the school identification process for the allocation of Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools (DEIS) funds.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

January–April

[Education and Training] Letter to the Minister for Education and Skills requesting a meeting with SVP National Vice President and National Office staff to discuss Government plans to tackle educational disadvantage, school costs and funding issues in schools.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

January–April

[Housing] Meeting between SVP, De Paul and the Department of Housing, Planning, Community & Local Government to seek support from the Department for the potential transfer of homeless hostels from SVP to De Paul

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Bairbre Nic Aongusa', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Community and Local Government)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

January–April

[Housing] Meeting between the National Homeless Policy Group (SVP, Focus, Simon Community, Peter McVerry Trust and Threshold) and Tommy Broughan, Independent T.D. for Dublin Bay North on issues around homelessness including potential legislative and policy solutions

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Tommy Broughan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

May–August

[Social Protection] Meeting between the Community and Voluntary Pillar and the Department of Social Protection on a range of policy issues including reforms of the One Parent Family Payment, Working Family Payment, activation and employment, child income supports, older people, rural issues and poverty, and poverty impact assessments

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

May–August

[Housing] Meeting between the Community and Voluntary Pillar and the Department of Housing, Planning, Community & Local Government to discuss various policy issues including HAP, homelessness, social housing improvements and upcoming legislation.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Bairbre Nic Aongusa', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Community and Local Government)'}

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

May–August

[Budgetary matters] Budget 2018 advocacy including launch of SVP's Pre-Budget submission, meetings with elected officials, and input at the National Economic Dialogue and the Pre-Budget Forum

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Letter All Oireachtas Members', 'role': "Letter and copy of SVP's Pre-Budget Submission sent to all Ministers, TDs and Senators, outlining proposals to tackle homelessness, social housing waiting lists, energy and fuel poverty, educational disadvantage at pre-school, primary, secondary and third level, and income inadequacy in households with children."} {'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'} {'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government)'} {'name': 'Denis Naughten', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Tommy Broughan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 12 more

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

May–August

[Energy and Natural Resources] Meeting with Deputy Brian Stanley TD (Sinn Féin) to discuss SVP perspective on energy policy and SVP solutions to fuel poverty

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Brian Stanley', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

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