Uplift

Lobbying Organisation Uplift

Date published 30 Dec, 2017

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Sep, 2017 to 31 Dec, 2017

Specific Details Right to work for asylum seekers statutory instrument

Intended results We intended to win full work rights for asylum seekers in Ireland

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Clodagh Schofield

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? I asked them to call all members of cabinet, and tell them to support full work rights for asylum seekers.

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Phone call (100+)

People called in from across the country and asked Cabinet ministers to support work rights for asylum seekers in an upcoming cabinet meeting.

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.

Members of Government Minister (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Leo Varadkar Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)

Paschal Donohoe Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Paschal Donohoe Minister (Department of Finance)

Regina Doherty Minister (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)

Charlie Flanagan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Frances Fitzgerald Minister (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)

Eoghan Murphy Minister (Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government)

Simon Harris Minister (Department of Health)

David Stanton Minister of State (Department of Justice and Equality)

Richard Bruton Minister (Department of Education and Skills)

Michael Creed Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)