Irish Refugee Council

Lobbying Organisation Irish Refugee Council

Date published 19 Aug, 2022

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 May, 2022 to 31 Aug, 2022

Specific Details Letter to the International Protection Office and The Child and Family Agency, raising concerns relating to current practice assessing the age of international protection applicants

Intended results A change in practice to ensure compliance with the law

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Nicholas Henderson

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 (1)

One letter sent on the Child and Family Agency and the International Protection Office on the 28 July 2022 Copied to: Minister Roderic O’Gorman TD Minister Helen McEntee TD Paul Fay, Director, International Protection Accommodation Service Enda O’Neill, UNHCR head of office Sinead Gibney, Chief Human Rights and Equality Commissioner Dr Niall Muldoon, Ombudsman for Children Angela FitzGerald, Chief Executive, HIQA

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.

David Delaney Director (Department of Justice)

Helen McEntee Minister (Department of Justice)

Roderic O'Gorman Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)