Overwatch Report

Threshold

January–April

[Housing] Email to elected representative asking for a meeting.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Neasa Hourigan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Threshold

January–April

[Housing] Meeting with the Deputy to discuss Threshold's policy priorities.

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Threshold

January–April

[Housing] Meeting with the Deputy to discuss Threshold's policy priorities.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Neasa Hourigan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Threshold

January–April

[Housing] Emailed the Deputy a copy of Threshold's recommendations to protect tenants during the COVID19 emergency

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Neasa Hourigan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Gary Gannon', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Brendan Howlin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Richard Boyd Barrett', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Threshold

January–April

[Housing] Emailed the Deputy proposed amendments for the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Bill 2020.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Cian O'Callaghan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Brendan Howlin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Richard Boyd Barrett', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Neasa Hourigan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Threshold

January–April

[Housing] Email to the Deputy to seek clarity on amendment made to the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Bill 2020 when it passed through the Dáil.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Bríd Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Threshold

January–April

[Housing] Emailed the Senator to request they seek clarity on the amendment made to the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Bill 2020 when it passed through the Dáil.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Colette Kelleher', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'John Dolan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Lynn Ruane', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Frances Black', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Alice-Mary Higgins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Pippa Hackett', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland

January–April

[Taxation] USC threshold increases

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Joe Howley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}

Threshold

January–April

[Housing] Sent letter regarding Threshold’s recommendations to protect tenancies during the COVID19 emergency.

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Threshold

January–April

[Housing] Letter to the Ministers highlighting the need for support for those in overcrowded housing during the pandemic.

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Threshold

January–April

[Housing] Attendance at Dublin Region Homelessness Executive Joint Homelessness Consultative Committee meeting

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Threshold

January–April

[Housing] Telephone call with officials regarding the extent to which the Covid-19 emergency rental measures were being adhered to, and the kind of issues Threshold were responding to as a result of the COVID-19 crisis

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paul Lemass', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'} {'name': 'Paul Melia', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'}

Threshold

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Correspondence from 7 Nominating Bodies of the Administrative Panel seeking the nomination of John Dolan, CEO of the Disability Federation of Ireland, to Seanad Eireann

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Cunningham Devlin Communications

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

January–April

[Development and Zoning] Representations to Minister Damien English, Minister for State at the Dept. of Housing, Planning and Local Government concerning planning exemption thresholds for solar PV installations on residential and business premises.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Damien English', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'}

Threshold

January–April

[Housing] Email seeking a meeting with the Deputy to discuss the right to housing and the constitution.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Neasa Hourigan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Threshold

May–August

[Housing] Telephone call to the DPO's office

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Francis Noel Duffy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Threshold

May–August

[Housing] Emailed to make enquiries about the impact of the regualtions on short-term lets

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Threshold

May–August

[Housing] To enquire about the impact of the amendments made to the Resdiential Tenancies Act in 2019.

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Threshold

May–August

[Housing] Email to the DPO to request a meeting

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Threshold

May–August

[Housing] Emailed the Deputy the details of Threshold's emergency helpline

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Ciaran Cannon', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Catherine Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'James Browne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Marc MacSharry', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'Paul Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 143 more

Threshold

May–August

[Housing] Virtual meeiting with the Senator

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mary Fitzpatrick', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Threshold

May–August

[Housing] Email to the councillor to adivse them of the emergency phoneline

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Gillian Coughlan', 'role': 'Councillor (Cork County Council)'} {'name': 'Catherine Stocker', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Evie Sammon', 'role': 'Councillor (Kildare County Council)'} {'name': 'Wayne Harding', 'role': 'Councillor (Meath County Council)'} {'name': 'James Kennedy', 'role': 'Councillor (Cork County Council)'} {'name': 'Breda Brennan', 'role': 'Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)'} + 541 more

Threshold

September–December

[Housing] Meeting with the Deputy

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Threshold

September–December

[Housing] Emailed the Deputy details of the issues facing our clients.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Cian O'Callaghan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Neasa Hourigan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Francis Noel Duffy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Richard Boyd Barrett', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Threshold

September–December

[Housing] Emailed the Senator details of the issues facing our clients.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mary Fitzpatrick', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Rebecca Moynihan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Threshold

September–December

[Housing] Emailed the Councillor details of the issues facing our clients.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael Pidgeon', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Deirdre Ní Fhloinn', 'role': 'Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)'}

Threshold

May–August

[Housing] Meetings of the Taskforce on Homelessness

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Threshold

May–August

[Housing] Meetings with TDs to discuss upcoming legislation on Residential Tenancies

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Cian O'Callaghan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Richard Boyd Barrett', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Cunningham Devlin Communications

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

May–August

[Development and Zoning] Representations to the Office of the Minister for Housing and Local Government seeking changes to the planning exemption thresholds for solar PV installations on business and residential premises.

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Threshold

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Correspondence from 7 Nominating Bodies of the Administrative Panel seeking nomination of John Dolan, CEO of the Disability Federation of Ireland, to Seanad Eireann

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'}

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