Immigrant Council of Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Immigrant Council of Ireland

Date published 20 Jan, 2020

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Sep, 2019 to 31 Dec, 2019

Specific Details Seeking reform of the immigration system

Intended results Improvements to INIS service

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Brian Killoran, CEO

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.

Letter (2-5)

Letters to Minister for Justice and Equality, Charles Flanagan, cc-ed to Minister for Equality, Immigration and Integration, David Stanton, following the Court of Appeal overturning the High Court requirement for 12 months ‘unbroken’ residency in Ireland prior to an application for citizenship by naturalisation. Reaffirmed recommendation to reform of current discretionary approach and to use EU Long Term Residents and Citizenship Directives to more clearly articulate 'continuous residence' for citizenship applicants.

Letter (1)

Letter to Michael Kirrane, Head of Immigration Service Delivery, copied to DJE Deputy Secretary Oonagh Buckley, requesting review & improvements to the current functioning capacity of the INIS online booking system following repeated reports of problems booking appointments, the problems this is causing our clients and the infiltration of bots.

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.

Charles Flanagan Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)

David Stanton Minister of State (Department of Justice and Equality)

Oonagh Buckley Deputy Secretary (Department of Justice and Equality)