Migrant Rights Centre Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Migrant Rights Centre Ireland

Date published 21 Sep, 2021

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 May, 2021 to 31 Aug, 2021

Specific Details Regularisation scheme for undocumented people in Ireland

Intended results Introduction of a broad and inclusive regularisation scheme

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Neil Bruton

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? Yes

What is the directive you gave to the grassroots campaigners? Email action calling on MRCI supporters to email their local TD and ask them to email Minister Browne calling for a broad and inclusive regularisation

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Mass communications

Email All TDs Email action calling TDs and ask them to email Minister Browne calling for a broad and inclusive regularisation

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Submission (1)

MRCI submission to Department of Justice re Regularisation Scheme; 17/05/2021

Email (31-50)

Request for specific DPOs to contact Minister Browne and call for regularisation scheme to be broad and inclusive; 30/06/2021

Event / Reception (1)

Department of Justice Information Webinar - asking Minister James Browne directly to create a broad and inclusive scheme at event; 23/07/2021

Phone call (1)

1 x phone call with Patrick Cluskey on 16/05/2021 1 x phone call with Niamh Allen on 30/07/2021

Social Media (2-5)

Both targeted at Minister James Browne; 24/06/2021 & 24/08/2021

Virtual Meeting (1)

online meeting with Siobhan Barron, Principal Officer re MRCI's submission on the scheme - 05/07/2021

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 Browne Minister of State (Department of Justice)

Patrick Cluskey Special Adviser (Department of Justice)

Niamh Allen Special Adviser (Department of the Taoiseach)

Anne Rabbitte TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jim O'Callaghan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Cormac Devlin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Éamon Ó Cuív TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jack Chambers TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Josepha Madigan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Neale Richmond TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Patrick Costello TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Roderic O'Gorman TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John Paul Phelan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Robert Troy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Bernard Durkan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paul Kehoe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Joe O'Brien TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Niall Collins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Darragh O'Brien TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mary Butler TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)