Immigrant Council of Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Immigrant Council of Ireland

Date published 21 May, 2021

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Jan, 2021 to 30 Apr, 2021

Specific Details Letter to Orlaigh Quinn, Secretary General, Dept of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, providing summary of points raised at panel discussion on employment rights of certain categories of migrants at Immigrant Council National Integration Conference 15-18 February, at which she spoke.

Intended results To relay areas of employment policy impacting migrants which were described by expert panellists at Immigrant Council conference as being in need of reform, particularly the rights of family members of Employment Permit holders.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Brian Killoran, CEO

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)

Letter sent by email on 5 March 2021 to relay to the Secretary General areas of employment policy impacting migrants which were described by expert panellists at conference as being in need of reform, particularly the rights of family members of Employment Permit holders. The Secretary General gave a keynote speech at the conference on access to employment for migrants.

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.

Orlaigh Quinn Secretary General (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)