Irish Penal Reform Trust

Lobbying Organisation Irish Penal Reform Trust

Date published 21 Sep, 2021

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 May, 2021 to 31 Aug, 2021

Specific Details Oireachtas engagement with penal reform

Intended results Advocacy for a more humane and effective penal system

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Molly Joyce, Legal & Public Affairs Manager and Fíona Ní Chinnéide, Executive Director

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 from IPRT congratulating Deputy Ivana Bacik TD on her election to Dáil Éireann, and recognising her previous contribution to penal reform over many years, including the Oireachtas Sub-Committee on Penal Reform in 2013 and her current joint chairing of the All-Party Oireachtas Group on Penal Reform with Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD.

Email (2-5)

Emailed Deputy Sean Sherlock to seek a meeting with him to discuss key penal reform priorities.

Email (1)

Emailed Deputy Brendan Howlin, in his capacity as Labour Justice Spokesperson, on 4 June 2021 to ask for a meeting to discuss key penal reform priorities.

Email (1)

Emailed Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett on 16 June 2021 to ask for a meeting to discuss key penal reform priorities, drawing on his recent PQs re prison issues and vaccines in prison, and People Before Profit's recent draft mental healthcare policy.

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.

Ivana Bacik TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Sherlock TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Brendan Howlin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Richard Boyd Barrett TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)