Irish Penal Reform Trust

Lobbying Organisation Irish Penal Reform Trust

Date published 19 Jan, 2024

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Sep, 2023 to 31 Dec, 2023

Specific Details Meeting with Deputy Pa Daly to discuss penal reform priorities

Intended results To secure support for key penal reform priorities that IPRT working on and inform of developments in the area generally.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Saoirse Brady, Executive Director, IPRT and Helen Kehoe, Legal & Public Affairs Manager, IPRT

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

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (2-5)

Email to Deputy Pa Daly requesting a meeting to discuss key priorities of IPRT and its new strategic plan 2023-2026. Emails to arrange this meeting.

Meeting (1)

IPRT's Executive Director, Saoirse Brady, and Legal & Public Affairs Manager, Helen Kehoe, met Deputy Daly (online) on 25 Oct 2023, to discuss penal reform priorities such as: the need for sentencing guidelines, alternatives to imprisonment (Community Service Orders, restorative justice), accountability in the penal system, the ratification of OPCAT; the IPRT children & family initiative, etc.

Email (1)

IPRT's Legal & Public Affairs Manager sent a follow up email to Deputy Daly after the meeting to provide more information on key penal reform issues that were discussed at the meeting.

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.

Pa Daly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)