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 Launch of Safe Ireland's Safe Place Refuge Design Guidelines

Intended results Provide a blueprint for refuge design so that when refuge is rolled out it will be done to the right set of standards

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 on 8th December to all TD's and Senators with a link to Safe Ireland's refuge design guidelines on our website.

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Letter (1)

Hard copy of refuge design guidelines document issued by post on 12th December to Minister McEntee, Minister Darragh O'Brien, Oonagh McPhilips and various other persons as indicated under Section 5 below.

Email (2-5)

Responses to mass communications Activity 1 received included the following: 09/12/2022 Email from Senator Pippa Hackett; 12/12/2022 Email from Senator Fintan Warfield; 12/12/2022 Email from Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill; 09/12/2022 Email from Oonagh McPhillips' office; 20/12/2022 Email received from Senator Roísín Garvey.

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.

Helen McEntee Minister (Department of Justice)

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

Oonagh McPhillips Secretary General (Department of Justice)

Simon Harris Minister (Department of Justice)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Frances Fitzgerald MEP (European Parliament)

Heather Humphreys Minister (Department of Social Protection)

Frank D'Arcy Executive Manager (Dublin City Council)

David Dinnigan Executive Manager (Dublin City Council)

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

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

Danny McLoughlin Chief Executive Officer (South Dublin County Council)

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

Robert Burns Director of Services or Equivalent (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

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

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

AnnMarie Farrelly Chief Executive Officer (Fingal County Council)

Jim O'Callaghan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Róisín Garvey Senator (Seanad)