Irish Episcopal Conference

Lobbying Organisation Irish Episcopal Conference

Date published 19 Jan, 2026

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Foreign Affairs

Period 1 Sep, 2025 to 31 Dec, 2025

Specific Details Participated in the consultation process to inform the Government's new Diaspora Strategy organised by the Department of Foreign Affairs by participating in the online Global Irish Survey for Organisations and submitting a Position Paper to the Global Diaspora Consultation

Intended results To raise awareness of the challenges of Irish people in prison overseas and to improve the outcomes of people seeking to resettle here after imprisonment overseas; to bring about changes to public policy and programmes regarding people seeking to return to Ireland on licence from the UK and people seeking to transfer their sentence to an Irish prison

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Leslie Alcock and Catherine Kenny (Irish Council for Prisoners Overseas)

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.

Submission (1)

Completion and submission of online form; The Global Diaspora Consultation was carried out by a consultancy firm for the Department of Foreign Affairs Neale Richmond TD is the Minister responsible for the Global Irish Diaspora Consultation but neither e-mail or form were sent directly to him

Email (1)

One online form and e-mail; The Global Diaspora Consultation was carried out by a consultancy firm for the Department of Foreign Affairs Neale Richmond TD is the Minister responsible for the Global Irish Diaspora Consultation but neither e-mail or form were sent directly to him

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.

Neale Richmond Minister of State (Department of Foreign Affairs)