Irish Penal Reform Trust

Lobbying Organisation Irish Penal Reform Trust

Date published 19 Jan, 2024

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Sep, 2023 to 31 Dec, 2023

Specific Details Meeting with Deputy Patrick Costello to discuss penal reform priorities

Intended results To secure support for key penal reform priorities that IPRT working on.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Saoirse Brady, Executive Director, IPRT and Helen Kehoe, Legal & Public Affairs Manager, IPRT

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 to Deputy Costello requesting a meeting to discuss key priorities of IPRT. Emails to arrange the meeting.

Meeting (1)

IPRT's Executive Director, Saoirse Brady, met Deputy Costello (online) on 13 Dec 2023, to discuss penal reform priorities such as: accountability in the penal system, the ratification of OPCAT, the withholding of reports from the Office of the Inspector of Prisons on the Dóchas Centre, and the need to establish a Penal Consultative Council.

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 Costello TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)