SAFE Ireland National Social Change Agency CLG T/A SAFE Ireland

Lobbying Organisation SAFE Ireland National Social Change Agency CLG T/A SAFE Ireland

Date published 09 Jan, 2023

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Housing

Period 1 Sep, 2022 to 31 Dec, 2022

Specific Details Domestic Violence, Housing and Homelessness

Intended results Safe Ireland Event hosted by Airbnb to provide information on sustainable accommodation solutions for victims of domestic violence Provide information to the Minister on short, medium and long-term issues which arise in the context of Domestic abuse and housing/homelessness

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Mary McDermott, CEO Safe Ireland

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

Mass communications

Email All Oireachtas Members Email from Mary McDermott 28th October to all Oireachtas TD's and Senators inviting them to the Safe Ireland Airbnb event taking place on 24th November.

Email All Oireachtas Members An email regarding the launch issued from Mary McDermott to all Oireachtas TD's and Senators on 14th November reminding them that they are invited to the Airbnb event which takes place on 24th November.

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (2-5)

Initial invitation email to the Minister for Housing Darragh O'Brien to open the Safe Ireland Airbnb event was sent by Mary McDermott on 28th October. Additional emails ensued between the Minister's office and Safe Ireland confirming the Minister's agreement to speak at the event which was taking place on 24th November.

Email (11-20)

Responses to mass communications received included: Kathleen Funchion TD on 1st November saying she is unable to attend; Email from Minister Malcolm Noonan's office 1st November to say he is unable to attend; Email from Deputy Patrick Costello's assistant 9th November to say he may attend - Mary McDermott responded; Email from Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD to say she may be able to attend (her Assistant subsequently emailed 22nd November to say she no longer could and Mary McDermott responded to say she would forward relevant material after the event); Email from Minister Anne Rabbitte 10th November to say she is unable to attend - Mary McDermott responded; Email from Paul Kehoe TD 14th November to say he is unable to attend; Email from Minister Humphrey's office 15th November to say due to another engagement she is unable to attend.

Email (1)

Initial invitation email to the Minister for Justice Helen McEntee to speak at the Safe Ireland Airbnb event was sent by Mary McDermott on 28th October however the Minister declined by text message on 28th October.

Event / Reception (1)

Minister Darragh O'Brien opened and spoke for ten or fifteen minutes at the Safe Ireland event hosted by Airbnb which took place on 24th October at 4.00 pm at Airbnb HQ on 8 Hanover Quay.

Email (1)

Invitation email was issued on Friday 28th October to various local authority and housing department representatives and other civil servants inviting them to the Safe Ireland event taking place on 24th November at Airbnb HQ.

Email (2-5)

Email from Mary McDermott to the Minister for Housing Darragh O'Brien on 2nd August 2022 with a pdf attachment consisting of Safe Ireland's Domestic Abuse and Housing Pathways to Safety and Sustainability brief. Acknowledgment email received on 4th August by the Minister's Private Secretary.

Email (1)

Safe Ireland DV housing brief which was circulated to all TD's and Senators on 2nd August 2022 by email and included on a previous return, received a response by email dated 5th September from Senator Erin Greehan who confirmed receipt of same.

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.

Darragh O'Brien Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

Helen McEntee Minister (Department of Justice)

James Browne Minister of State (Department of Justice)

Oonagh McPhillips Secretary General (Department of Justice)

Doncha O’Sullivan Assistant Secretary (Department of Justice)

Eoin Ó Broin Councillor (South Dublin County Council)

David Dinnigan Executive Manager (Dublin City Council)

Frank D'Arcy Executive Manager (Dublin City Council)

Coilín O'Reilly Director of Services or Equivalent (Dublin City Council)

Mary Hayes Director of Services or Equivalent (Dublin City Council)

Colm Ward Director of Services or Equivalent (South Dublin County Council)

Danny McLoughlin Chief Executive Officer (South Dublin County Council)

Robert Burns Director of Services or Equivalent (Fingal County Council)

AnnMarie Farrelly Chief Executive Officer (Fingal County Council)

Catherine Keenan Director of Services or Equivalent (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Frank Curran Chief Executive Officer (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Graham Doyle Secretary General (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

Kevin Dillon Special Adviser (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

Niall Ó'Donnchú Assistant Secretary (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

Caroline Timmons Acting Assistant Secretary (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

Fiona Quinn Assistant Secretary (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

Fintan Towey Assistant Secretary (Department of Transport)

Aine Stapleton Assistant Secretary (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

Maria Graham Assistant Secretary (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

Feargal Ó Coigligh Assistant Secretary (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

Marguerite Ryan Acting Assistant Secretary (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

John Cummins Councillor (Roscommon County Council)

Emer Higgins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mary Seery Kearney Senator (Seanad)

Roderic O'Gorman Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)

Joe O'Brien Minister of State (Department of Social Protection)

Peter Burke Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

Heather Humphreys Minister (Department of Social Protection)

Simon Harris Minister (Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science)

Stephen Donnelly Minister (Department of Health)

Mary Butler Minister of State (Department of Health)

Josepha Madigan Minister of State (Department of Education)

Erin McGreehan Senator (Seanad)