Immigrant Council of Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Immigrant Council of Ireland

Date published 18 May, 2020

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Jan, 2020 to 30 Apr, 2020

Specific Details Post General Election we wrote to the leaders of the 3 largest parties requesting they consider including a candidate from a migrant background as one of their Taoiseach nominations, should they be in that position

Intended results A commitment one of the Taoiseach nominations to the Seanad will be from a migrant background

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)

3 letters were sent to Deputies Micheál Martin, Leo Varadkar & Mary-Lou McDonald requesting they consider including among their Taoiseach nominations (should they be in that position) to the Seanad a candidate from a migrant background.

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.

Leo Varadkar Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)

Mary Lou McDonald TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Micheál Martin Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)