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 17 Jan, 2024

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Sep, 2023 to 31 Dec, 2023

Specific Details Proposed new statutory agency for Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence (DSGBV)

Intended results Support the Minister for Justice in her formulation of the new agency on Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence (DSGBV).

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Mary McDermott, CEO Safe Ireland, Caroline Counihan BL, Legal Advisor and Aoife Langdon Information and Research Officer

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 was circulated to all Senators and TD's from Aoife Langdon dated 12th October containing Caroline Counihan's pdf submission of Safe Ireland's observations on the domestic, sexual and gender based violence agency bill. Multiple confirmations of receipt ensued.

Email All Oireachtas Members Email from CEO Mary McDermott dated 11th November containing Caroline Counihan's pdf submission of Safe Ireland's revised observations on the domestic, sexual and gender based violence agency bill. Multiple confirmations of receipt ensued.

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Informal communication (1)

Text message dated 18th September from CEO Mary McDermott to the Minister for Justice welcoming the information released that day on the new agency for domestic, sexual and gender based violence.

Email (2-5)

Email to the Minister for Justice from Aoife Langdon dated 12th October containing Caroline Counihan's pdf submission of Safe Ireland's observations on the domestic, sexual and gender based violence agency bill. An automatic acknowledgement email was received from the Minister's office dated the same day.

Informal communication (1)

Text message from Mary McDermott to the Minister for Justice congratulating her on the movement of the new agency bill being successfully passed in the Dáil before going to the Seanad.

Email (1)

Email from CEO Mary McDermott 8th November to Minister Roderic O'Gorman thanking him for agreeing to consolidate a central, public location for a new Agency for Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and welcoming the movement of the Bill for the new agency for DSGBV through the houses of the Oireachtas.

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)

Roderic O'Gorman Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)