Irish Penal Reform Trust

Lobbying Organisation Irish Penal Reform Trust

Date published 20 Sep, 2023

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 May, 2023 to 31 Aug, 2023

Specific Details Social media engagement with Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee, on issue of the need to resource the government report - 'Review of Policy Options for Prison and Penal Reform'

Intended results To make the Minister for Justice aware of IPRT concerns about the lack of any resourcing and lack of any plans to resource an important government policy document concerning penal reform - resourcing it would reduce the numbers sent to prison.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Michelle Byrne, Communications Officer, IPRT

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.

Social Media (1)

June 20: IPRT tweeted Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee. IPRT called on Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee, to resource the proposed actions in the recently published Review of Policy Options for Prison and Penal Reform to reduce number of people sent to prison. Link: https://twitter.com/IPRT/status/1671087492580163586

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.

Helen McEntee Minister (Department of Justice)