Irish Penal Reform Trust
Lobbying activity
The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.
Meeting (1)
IPRT made detailed oral submissions at Justice Committee meeting on 18 October 2022 around this Bill (building on written submissions made in August 2022).
Meeting (1)
IPRT arranged an AV room briefing for 21 November 2022 so that Oireachtas members could hear from international experts on OPCAT (including Steven Caruana, specialist advisor on OPCAT to Australian Human Rights Commission and Pétur Hauksson and Sharon Shalev of NPM Observatory).
Email (1)
IPRT's Legal and Public Affairs Manager sent emailed to Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill to follow up on some questions relating to Bill, specifically around examples of domestic legislation where a duty to cooperate or consult with civil society is established.
Phone call (1)
IPRT's Legal and Public Affairs Manager spoke to Deputy Catherine Murphy's assistant regarding initial views on Inspection of Places of Detention Bill and to explore opportunities to meet the Deputy to discuss further.
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.