SAFE Ireland National Social Change Agency CLG T/A SAFE Ireland

Lobbying Organisation SAFE Ireland National Social Change Agency CLG T/A SAFE Ireland

Date published 01 Sep, 2022

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 May, 2022 to 31 Aug, 2022

Specific Details Parental Alienation

Intended results Influence legislation on Parental Alienation being used in courts by perpetrators in cases of domestic violence.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity CEO Mary McDermott

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 Oireachtas Members Email to all TDs and Senators from Aoife Langdon with a pdf attachment of Safe Ireland's submission paper on Parental Alienation sent on 6th July 2022.

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Meeting (1)

Meeting at Dunne and Crescenzi Restaurant, South Frederick Street, Dublin 2 with Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill and CEO Mary McDermott during which Mary spoke about Parental Alienation and requested the Deputy's support against the misuse of parental alienation in the family courts by perpetrators against women who are victims of domestic violence. This meeting took place on 5th July 2022.

Submission (1)

Issued Deputy Caroll MacNeill a copy of the Safe Ireland submission to the open consultation on Parental Alienation. Submission was a pdf attachment to an email sent on 6th July 2022.

Email (1)

Email from Caroline Counihan BL Legal Advisor to Safe Ireland to the Minister for Justice Helen McEntee containing a pdf attachment of Safe Ireland's submission paper on Parental Alienation. This action was carried out on 6th July 2022.

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.

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Helen McEntee Minister (Department of Justice)