Irish Penal Reform Trust

Lobbying Organisation Irish Penal Reform Trust

Date published 19 Sep, 2017

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 May, 2017 to 31 Aug, 2017

Specific Details Promoting the rights and needs of children with imprisoned parents

Intended results Advocate for a national strategy to support children of imprisoned parents Promote policy developments in Europe in the area of children of imprisoned parents Raise awareness of the rights, needs and issues faced by children of prisoners

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Fíona Ní Chinnéide

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)

Invitation to open the 'Unseen, Unheard' event hosted by the Irish Penal Reform Trust, Dr Fiona Donson and Dr Aisling Parkes of the School of Law, University College Cork, and the Children's Rights Alliance. The objective was to advocate for the development of a national strategy for children of imprisoned parents.

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.

Marian Harkin MEP (European Parliament)