Merchants QuayIreland Ltd

Lobbying Organisation Merchants QuayIreland Ltd

Date published 20 Jan, 2023

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Community

Period 1 Sep, 2022 to 31 Dec, 2022

Specific Details Proposals re drugs treatment, homelessness mental health and related matters

Intended results Continuation or expansion of services for those experiencing homelessness or addiction put in place during the pandemic lockdown period, as well as extension of gender-based services and increases in Budget funding

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Paula Byrne

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?) Yes

Current or Former Designated Public Official(s)

Martin Mackin (Former DPO) Senator (Seanad)

Stephen Lynam (Former DPO) Special Adviser (Department of Finance)

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.

Email (2-5)

Emails sent to invite Darragh O’Brien, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage and Frank Feighan, Minister of Public Health, Well Being and National Drugs Strategy to launch Annual Review. Ministers were not available.

Event / Reception (1)

CEO attended the Sinn Fein Alternative Health Budget on 20th September.

Email (1)

Email sent to Simon Harris, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science requesting 'Addiction' to be considered as an area of rotation in response to the shortage of GP's.

Meeting (1)

Ivana Bacik TD and Aodhan O'Riordain TD met with the CEO on 18th Oct and visited the Riverbank service.

Event / Reception (1)

Aodhan O'Riordain TD launched the Annual Review on 20th October.

Phone call (1)

Call to Frank Feighan, Minister of Public Health, Well Being and National Drugs Strategy informing of MSIF decision.

Email (1)

Email to Stephen Donnelly, Minister of Health informing of MSIF decision.

Phone call (1)

Call to Aodhan O'Riordain TD informing of MSIF decision.

Phone call (1)

Call from Michael Pidgeon Councillor regarding MSIF decision.

Phone call (1)

Text to Hildegarde Naughton, Minister of Public Health, Well Being and National Drugs Strategy informing of MSIF decision.

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)

Frank Feighan Minister of State (Department of Health)

Thomas Gould TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

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

Ivana Bacik TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Stephen Donnelly Minister (Department of Health)

Michael Pidgeon Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Hildegarde Naughton Government Chief Whip and Minister (Department of the Taoiseach)