Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Ireland

Date published 20 Jan, 2023

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Sep, 2022 to 31 Dec, 2022

Specific Details In September 2022, JRS Ireland submitted a Briefing Paper, entitled "Age Disputed UAMs – Well founded fear of Age Assessment?", to Tusla, the Minister for Justice, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and departmental officials.

Intended results JRS Ireland sought to inform discussions about reform of the age assessment process for age disputed unaccompanied minors (UAMs) and ensure that the voices of young people informed any reform process.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Eugene Quinn

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.

Email (2-5)

Email contained soft copy of the JRS Ireland Briefing Paper "Age Disputed UAMs – Well founded fear of Age Assessment?".

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.

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

Helen McEntee Minister (Department of Justice)

David Delaney Director (Department of Justice)