Immigrant Council of Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Immigrant Council of Ireland

Date published 20 Sep, 2022

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 May, 2022 to 31 Aug, 2022

Specific Details Meeting on human trafficking with Minister McEntee – National Referral Mechanism and related matters; undocumented scheme take up and exclusion from/ access to higher education support for certain categories of migrants including victims of trafficking

Intended results Concrete timelines on National Referral Mechanism introduction Reigniting of stakeholder forum Change of access to higher education

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Mary Henderson, Solicitor

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.

Meeting (1)

Immigrant Council of Ireland, Migrant Rights Centre Ireland, Mecpaths and Ruhama meeting in person at Leinster House on 18 May 2022 (following joint written request sent early 2022).

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.

Helen McEntee Minister (Department of Justice)