Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

Lobbying Organisation Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

Date published 19 Jan, 2017

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Sep, 2016 to 31 Dec, 2016

Specific Details The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 in strengthening our laws will do much to tackle the sexual exploitation of children and other vulnerable people and end their suffering.

Intended results The enactment of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Noeline Blackwell

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.

Phone call (2-5)

The enactment of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 and specifically the inclusion of a definition of consent

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.

Róisín Shortall TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)