Irish Penal Reform Trust

Lobbying Organisation Irish Penal Reform Trust

Date published 20 Jan, 2023

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Sep, 2022 to 31 Dec, 2022

Specific Details Letter to Interim Minister for Justice Simon Harris

Intended results To offer congratulations to Interim Minister for Justice Simon Harris on his appointment. To make Interim Minister aware of key penal reform matters IPRT has welcomed over past few months, and those issues on which IPRT will be working on in coming months.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Saoirse Brady, 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)

IPRT's Executive Director wrote to Interim Minister for Justice Simon Harris on 23 December 2022 to offer IPRT's congratulations on his appointment as Interim Minister, flag our welcoming of several recent report publications from Department of Justice and hope of working more closely on the issue of spent convictions and the Criminal Justice (Rehabilitative Periods) Bill 2018 in 2023.

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.

Simon Harris Minister (Department of Justice)