Irish Penal Reform Trust

Lobbying Organisation Irish Penal Reform Trust

Date published 21 May, 2024

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Jan, 2024 to 30 Apr, 2024

Specific Details Forwarding the IPRT Submission to the Prison Education Taskforce to other key political actors.

Intended results Wider dissemination of the submission, which highlighted penal reform considerations in the area of prison education.

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)

IPRT's submission to the Prison Education Taskforce was sent by email to (then) Minister for Further & Higher Education, Simon Harris (10 Jan), the Minister for State at the Dept of Justice, James Browne (12 Jan), the Clerks to the Oireachtas Committees on Justice and Education, and to Deputies Aodhain O Riordain and Alan Farrell (10 Jan).

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.

James Browne Minister of State (Department of Justice)

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

Aodhan O Riordain TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Alan Farrell TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)