Migrant Rights Centre Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Migrant Rights Centre Ireland

Date published 21 Jan, 2022

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Sep, 2021 to 31 Dec, 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? Asked large audience of supporters to complete action on twitter targeting Minister Humphreys to read our open letter calling for a broad and inclusive regularisation scheme

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)

MRCI and a group of 25 ally organisations sent a letter to acting Minister Humphreys and then later to Minister McEntee calling for the upcoming scheme to be broad and inclusive

Email (11-20)

3 x Emails sent to Minister McEntee requesting a meeting, providing a briefing document and calling for upcoming scheme to be broad and inclusive 2 X emails to Minister O' Gorman providing a briefing document and calling for upcoming scheme to be broad and inclusive 5 x emails to Niamh Allen providing a briefing document and calling for upcoming scheme to be broad and inclusive 1 x email to Patrick Cluskey providing a briefing document and calling for upcoming scheme to be broad and inclusive

Event / Reception (1)

Justice for the Undocumented group gathers outside the Dail on launch day of the scheme and is met by Ministers McEntee and O' Gorman

Phone call (2-5)

1 x call with Minister McEntee 1 x call with Patrick Cluskey 2 x calls with Niamh Allen 1 x call with Oonagh Buckley

Social Media (11-20)

Tweets targeting Ministers McEntee, Humphreys and Browne calling for broad and inclusive regularisation scheme

Virtual Meeting (1)

online NGO briefing with Siobhan Barron, Principal Officer re the scheme

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.

Patrick Cluskey Special Adviser (Department of Justice)

Niamh Allen Special Adviser (Department of the Taoiseach)

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

Helen McEntee Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)

Oonagh Buckley Deputy Secretary General (Department of Justice and Equality)

Heather Humphreys Minister (Department of Justice)

James Browne Minister of State (Department of Justice)