Travellers of North Cork clg

Lobbying Organisation Travellers of North Cork clg

Date published 29 Apr, 2019

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Housing

Period 1 Jan, 2019 to 30 Apr, 2019

Specific Details Traveller accommodation submission to Dept of Housing Expert group consultation, review of Traveller accommodation programme

Intended results Want to take Traveller accommodation out of the hands of local authorities and establish an independant Traveller accommodation Agency

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Bec Fahy

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.

Submission (1)

To Dept of Housing, expert group consultation, for review by Housing Minister .

Event / Reception (1)

Consultation with expert gtoup on Traveller accommodation, organised by Dept of Housing. Venue, Buswell's Hotel, Dublin

Meeting (1)

Traveller accommodation allies meeting to identify strategy for Traveller accommodation campaign. Feb 25th in UCC, Cork.

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.

Damien English Minister of State (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)

Eoghan Murphy Minister (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)

Colette Kelleher Senator (Seanad)