Migrant Rights Centre Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Migrant Rights Centre Ireland

Date published 18 Jan, 2018

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Sep, 2017 to 31 Dec, 2017

Specific Details The situation of undocumented migrants in Ireland

Intended results The introduction of a regularisation scheme as a policy solution

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Helen Lowry

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? Yes

What is the directive you gave to the grassroots campaigners? To identify and contact their local TDs to ask to them to attend Dail debate on issue of regularisation and speak in favour

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Mass communications

Email All TDs Email asking TDs to attend Dail debate on report by Justice Committee recommending the introduction of a regularisation for undocumented people living in Ireland

Phone call All TDs Calls asking TDs to attend Dail debate on report by Justice Committee recommending the introduction of a regularisation for undocumented people living in Ireland

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (21-30)

Email asking to support recommendation by Justice Committee to introduce a regularisation for undocumented people living in Ireland

Phone call (21-30)

Calls to TDs asking to attend Dail debate and support recommendation by Justice Committee to introduce a regularisation for undocumented people living in Ireland

Letter (1)

Letter to Minister for Children and Youth Affairs requesting to meet and discuss situation of undocumented children and young people in Ireland and introduction of regularisation

Meeting (1)

Met with Minister of State for Equality, Immigration and Integration to discuss situation and potential regularisation of undocumented people living in Ireland

Informal communication (2-5)

Spoke informally to TDs at launch of Refugee and Migrant Coalition report about situation of undocumented and regularisation

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.

Frances Black Senator (Seanad)

Mícheál MacDonncha Councillor (Dublin City Council)

David Stanton Minister of State (Department of Justice and Equality)

Katherine Zappone Minister (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)

Charles Flanagan Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Colm Brophy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jack Chambers TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Clare Daly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Peter Fitzpatrick TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

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

Mick Wallace TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee Senator (Seanad)

Martin Conway Senator (Seanad)

Niall Ó Donnghaile Senator (Seanad)

Eoghan Murphy Minister (Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government)

John Paul Phelan Minister of State (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)

Alan Farrell TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Kate O'Connell TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John Deasy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Anne Rabbitte TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jonathan O'Brien TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Thomas Pringle TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Denis Naughten Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)

Catherine Connolly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Bríd Smith TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Richard Boyd Barrett TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John Halligan Minister of State (Department of Education and Skills)

Billy Lawless Senator (Seanad)