Society of St. Vincent de Paul

Lobbying Organisation Society of St. Vincent de Paul

Date published 20 Jan, 2025

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Social Protection

Period 1 Sep, 2024 to 31 Dec, 2024

Specific Details Social welfare policy, including benchmarking and adequacy of social welfare payments.

Intended results Improved social welfare policies for people SVP assists using DSP services

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Nessan Vaughan

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.

Virtual Meeting (1)

Bilateral joint meeting with the Community and Voluntary Pillar and representatives of the Department of Social Protection.

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.

Teresa Leonard Deputy Secretary (Department of Social Protection)

Niall Egan Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)

Ciaran Lawler Assistant Secretary (Department of Social Protection)