Irish Episcopal Conference

Lobbying Organisation Irish Episcopal Conference

Date published 21 May, 2018

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Jan, 2018 to 30 Apr, 2018

Specific Details To discuss the Department of Justice and Equality's decision to halt all inward transfers of Irish citizens from foreign prisons under the Transfer of Sentenced Persons legislation, further to a Supreme Court decision of July 2016.

Intended results Support in working with the Department of Justice and Equality to commence inward prisoner transfers as expeditiously as possible.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Mr Eamon O Cuiv TD (Dáil Éireann) and Mr Brian Hanley, Ms Catherine Kenny and Fr Gerry McFlynn (Irish Council for Prisoners Overseas)

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 (6-10)

Phone call (2-5)

Meeting (1)

Meeting at Mr Eamon O Cuiv's office in Dáil Éireann, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 on Wednesday, 24 January 2018. Discussed the current impasse in relation to the transfer of Irish prisoners overseas back to Ireland. Transfers have been on hold since the Supreme Court judgment of July 2016.

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.

Éamon Ó Cuív TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)