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2025-05-19
Politician(s) lobbied: Ciaran Mullooly (MEP), European Parliament
Intent: Improved housing pathways for women and children affected by domestic violence.
Methods: Submission
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Attended a public meeting with Ciaran Mullolly and submitted follow up paper on housing challenges facing women and children impacted by domestic violence |
2024-12-30
Politician(s) lobbied: Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Justice; John McKeon (Secretary General), Department of Social Protection
Intent: Better understanding of impact of emergency payments for victims of domestic violence, and ask for pilot scheme to be introduced in Ireland, modelled on UK Flee Funds.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Submission of report 'No Safety Net: The Cost of Survival' and follow up letter to Minister for Justice asking for pilot emergency payments scheme for victims of domestic violence |
2024-12-30
Politician(s) lobbied: Helen McEntee (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aisling Dempsey (Councillor), Meath County Council; Ronan Moore (Councillor), Meath County Council; Darren O'Rourke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Thomas Byrne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Linda Nelson Murray (Councillor), Meath County Council; Peadar Tóibín (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Emer Tóibín (Councillor), Meath County Council; Sharon Tolan (Councillor), Meath County Council; Noel French (Councillor), Meath County Council; Johnny Guirke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Johnny Guirke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Maria White (Councillor), Meath County Council; Maria White (Councillor), Meath County Council; Caroline O'Reilly (Councillor), Meath County Council; Gillian Toole (Councillor), Meath County Council; Joe Bonner (Councillor), Meath County Council
Intent: A ten point General Election Manifesto was published and emailed to all general election candidates in Meath East and Meath West constituencies. Intended to increase awareness of needs of victims of domestic violence and increase support and resourcing for survivors.
Methods: Email, Social Media
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | General Election Manifesto - GE24 |
2024-09-19
Politician(s) lobbied: Ciaran Mullooly (MEP), European Parliament; Nina Carberry (MEP), European Parliament
Intent: Building awareness of our work and policy issues relevant to Domestic Violence
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Hustings Event for MEP candidates in EU elections |
2024-01-15
Politician(s) lobbied: Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Justice
Intent: An update on the government's position re funding of refuges and resourcing of a new refuge in Co. Meath.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | face to face meeting with the Minister for Justice re design plans and costing for new refuge in Co. Meath. We met on the 22nd of September and a letter was sent on the 6th of October 2023 on the cost plan. A follow up letter was sent on the 15th of December which was a copy of correspondence to the Department of Housing regarding the new agreed budget for the new refuge development for Co. Meath |
2023-09-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Intent: potential to look at the key recommendations presented being actioned on
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | met with the Minister of Housing to discuss a policy paper we submitted earlier in the year about the lack of emergency accommodation post refuge for women and children |
Politician(s) lobbied: Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Intent: A review of the agreed costings for the project given the expansion in the size and scale of the project
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | We sought a meeting with the Minister following a letter sent in November regarding our CAS approved project to build a new refuge |
2023-01-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Intent: To meet with the Minister to express our concerns and to identify a way to address this issue
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | We wrote to the Minister for Housing to seek a meeting on behalf of Domestic Violence Services in the Eastern Region about a position paper we have developed and sent him about our policy proposals to address the shortage of step down accommodation post refuge for women and children |
| — | given the housing crisis. |
2023-01-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Intent: To meet with the Minister to express our concerns and to identify a way to address this issue with the CAS programme
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | We wrote to the Minister for Housing to seek a meeting to discuss the CAS payment structures for our new proposed refuge building and the challenges this presents to us as a small organisation |
| — | where funds must be dispersed and then recouped. |
2022-05-04
Politician(s) lobbied: Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Justice
Intent: To update the minister on the need for additional resources for our work, to seek clarification on budgets to be transferred from Tusla to the Department of Justice and to highlight the need for additional resources for our work on domestic violence in Co. Meath
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | We wrote to and met with the Minister for Justice to discuss the plan for our new refuge building and to discuss the funding of our business plan and core funding from Tusla |