Irish Penal Reform Trust

Lobbying Organisation Irish Penal Reform Trust

Date published 17 May, 2017

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Jan, 2017 to 30 Apr, 2017

Specific Details Response to Minimum Custodial Periods upon Conviction for Murder Bill 2017

Intended results Prevent the intoduction of new mandatory or presumptive sentencing regimes, as recommended by the Law Reform Commission and Strategic Review of Penal Policy

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Fíona Ní Chinnéide

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

Mass communications

Email All Senators Email issued to all Senators (21 Feb 2017) outlining IPRT's position against mandatory sentencing proposals, and underlining that parole reform is more appropriate context to address the issue of length of custodial periods served on a life sentence.

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (2-5)

Email to political party justice policy spokespersons outlining IPRT's position and providing key facts and figures with the aim of informing the debate

Phone call (1)

Briefing on context and key issues to be addressed in the debate from penal reform perspective

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.

Jim O'Callaghan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin Senator (Seanad)

Ivana Bacik Senator (Seanad)