Saoirse Housing Association CLG

Lobbying Organisation Saoirse Housing Association CLG

Date published 18 Sep, 2024

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Social Protection

Period 1 May, 2024 to 31 Aug, 2024

Specific Details Assistant Refuge Manager Cora McCann advocated with local representative supporting a service user with their Department of Social Protection appeal for refusal of payment.

Intended results Service user was appealing social proectection payment refusal.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Cora McCann

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? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Phone call (2-5)

Cora McCann, Assistant Refuge Manager advocated with local representative Emer Higgins TD on behalf of a service user to appeal Department of Social Protection refusal of payment.

Email (2-5)

Cora McCann, Assistant Refuge Manager advocated with local representative Emer Higgins TD on behalf of a service user to appeal Department of Social Protection refusal of payment.

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

Louise O'Reilly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Emer Higgins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)