SOA Research Company Limited by Guarantee

Lobbying Organisation SOA Research Company Limited by Guarantee

Date published 02 May, 2024

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Housing

Period 1 Jan, 2024 to 30 Apr, 2024

Specific Details We asked our newsletter subscribers to lobby their TDs in relation to proposed amendments SOA had put forward to the Planning & Development Bill 2023, proposing inclusion and acknowledgement of Community-Led Housing.

Intended results We wanted the Housing Committee to vote in favour of SOA's proposed amendments to the Planning and Development Bill 2023, to include reference to Community-Led Housing.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Padraig Flynn

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? Yes

What is the directive you gave to the grassroots campaigners? We asked them to contact their local TDs, requesting that those TDs vote in favour of SOA's proposed amendments to the Planning & Development Bill 2023.

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Mass communications

Email All TDs As described above, we asked that our newsletter subscribers contact their local TDs and request that they vote in favour of proposed amendments to the P&D Bill in relation to Community-Led Housing. We did not email TDs directly, but we asked our subscribers to do so.

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (1)

Same as above, a message in our newsletter asking our subscribers to lobby their TDs. We provided our subscribers with a list of SOA's proposed amendments in relation to CLH, and also a template text that they could use to email their TDs, if they wished.

Designated public officials lobbied

There were no DPOs directly lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area.