National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland

Lobbying Organisation National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland

Date published 16 Dec, 2015

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Children and Youth Affairs

Period 1 Sep, 2015 to 31 Dec, 2015

Specific Details Information Sharing and Data Protection

Intended results That the Statutory Agencies would share knowledge of allegations against priests and religious with the NBSCCCI to ensure that there is no current risk to children

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Teresa Devlin

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.

Meeting (1)

Meeting took place in the Department of Children and Youth Affairs on 12 November 2015. Attending from the Department were Minister Reilly and Fergal Lynch. Information Sharing was discussed but this is still a subject for discussion

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.

James Reilly Minister (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)

Fergal Lynch Secretary General (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)