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 Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Sep, 2023 to 31 Dec, 2023

Specific Details Launch of Safe Ireland's Safe Practice Guide for Domestic Violence professionals

Intended results Have the Minister for Justice launch the Safe Ireland Safe Practice Guide in December 2023.

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

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 issued from CEO Mary McDermott on 12th December to all Senators and TD's containing a pdf copy of Safe Ireland's Safe Practice Guide - a tool for frontline professionals.

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (2-5)

Email to the Minister for Justice 10th October inviting her to the launch of the Safe Ireland Domestic Violence Safe Practice Guide in the Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone on 12th December. Response received from the Minister's Assistant on the same date advising that due to Oireachtas commitments, the Minister is unable to attend but is happy to attend a photocall the week before or do a pre-record. Email from Mary McDermott in response (10th October) thanked the Minister, accepting her offer.

Email (2-5)

Emails back and forth between Safe Ireland and the Department of Justice regarding the Minister's prerecording for the launch of Safe Ireland's Safe Practice Guide from 1st to 7th December. Recording issued by email on 7th December.

Email (1)

Email dated 21st December issued by Emma McHugh on behalf of the Minister for Justice thanked Safe Ireland for its work and said that the Safe Practice Guide their office received would be shared with Colleagues in the Department of Justice.

Event / Reception (1)

Minister McEntee's recording was played during the launch of Safe Ireland's Safe Practice Guide on 12th December 2023 in the Hodson Bay Hotel in Athlone.

Informal communication (1)

Text message sent on 7th December by Mary McDermott CEO to Minister for Justice Helen McEntee thanking her for doing the recording for the launch.

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)