Irish Council for Social Housing

Politician(s) lobbied: Eoin Ó Broin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Rory Hearne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seamus McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe Cooney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Thomas Gould (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Micheál Carrigy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: to inform members of current issues and policy and funding priorities for AHBs we held individual meetings with TDs who were interested in the first quarter of 2026

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Thomas Gould (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoin Ó Broin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Louise O'Reilly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe Flaherty (Senator), Seanad

Intent: To secure additional funding for the AHB sector to enable it to deliver more social and cost rental homes and to advocate that the AHB sector is placed on a secure financial footing over the next number of years.

Methods: Lobby day

Politician(s) lobbied: Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Finance; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform

Intent: Secure increased funding to deliver more social and affordable housing and to alleviate homelessness

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: James Browne (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Intent: Increase budget for AHBs to ensure continued delivery of current levels of social housing

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Finance; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform

Intent: Secure increased funding for the AHB sector in particular to deliver increased amounts of housing and to enable the sector to deal with legacy issues such as increased costs of maintaining and improving current housing stock

Methods: Submission

Politician(s) lobbied: Aine Stapleton (Assistant Secretary), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Feargal Ó Coigligh (Assistant Secretary), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Intent: Input into the future shape of the AHB sector over the next 5 to 10 years including scale, financing and consolidation and delivery of the sector towards meeting our social and affordable housing targets.

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: David Kelly (Assistant Secretary), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Intent: Better operation of RTB structures for AHBs; more efficient annual registration system

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Michael McGrath (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; Michael McGrath (Minister), Department of Finance

Intent: Increase in provision of allocation for social housing and cost rental housing provision.::Provision to be made to deal with legacy issues in AHB social housing stock such as high cost of asset management.Maintain and increase funding for Collaboration programme to facilitate increased rationalisation of the sector.

Methods: Submission

Politician(s) lobbied: Michael McGrath (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure and Reform

Intent: Increase housing spend

Methods: Submission

Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown

Intent: Unknown

Methods: Unknown