Irish Council of Churches (Irish Council of Churches)

Lobbying Organisation Irish Council of Churches

Date published 05 May, 2021

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Community

Period 1 Jan, 2021 to 30 Apr, 2021

Specific Details Shared Island Unit

Intended results Highlighting perspectives that we felt need to be engaged through the work of the Shared Island Unit, including refugees, immigrants, faith perspectives, Unionist perspectives, victims and survivors

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Nicola Brady

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.

Meeting (1)

A meeting took place via Zoom between a representative delegation from the Irish Inter-Church Meeting (IICM) and representatives of the Shared Island Unit to discuss areas of IICM work that are relevant to the remit of the Shared Island Unit.

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.

Aingeal O’Donoghue Assistant Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)