Uplift

Lobbying Organisation Uplift

Date published 24 Aug, 2018

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 May, 2018 to 31 Aug, 2018

Specific Details Uplift members called for leave to remain for 14 year old Nonso and his family.

Intended results Uplift members called Charlie Flanagan's office asking him to stop the deportation of 14 year old Nonso.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Siobhan O'Donoghue

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? To call Charlie Flanagan's constituency office and ask that he stop the deportation of Nonso and his family

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (100+)

The staff emailed the Uplift membership about Nonso's case, asking them to call Charlie Flanagan and tell him to stop Nonso's deportation.

Social Media (6-10)

Meeting (1)

Delivery of petition to Charlie Flanagan's office.

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.

Charlie Flanagan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)