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2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Justice; Deirdre McDonnell (Assistant Secretary), Department of Education; Don Culliton (Director of Services or Equivalent), Irish Prison Service
Intent: Implementation of the Prison Overcrowding Response Group recommendations and to inform the work of the Future of Prison Capacity Working Group to address the prison overcrowding crisis and implement existing progressive policy particularly around reducing the number of people imprisoned for short periods and refocus resources on community-based alternatives and preventative measures.
Methods: Letter, Phone call, Meeting, Submission
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Highlight recommendations of Prison Overcrowding Response Group and inform work of subsequent Future Prison Capacity Working Group |
2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Jack Chambers (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Helen McEntee (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Browne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jim O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Malcolm Byrne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Barry Ward (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To ensure that the Programme for Government reflected IPRT's six key priority asks including prioritising non-custodial sanctions and alternatives to prison, ratifying OPCAT and establishing a National Preventive Mechanism, developing a Whole of Government Strategy for Rehabilitation and Reintegration, enhance coherency and transparency in sentencing, addressing mental health and addiction and supporting children and families impacted by imprisonment.
Methods: Email, Event / Reception
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | IPRT key asks for Programme for Government |
2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Justice; James Browne (Minister of State), Department of Justice; Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Micheál Martin (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Roderic O'Gorman (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Finance; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Eamon Ryan (Minister), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications; Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Education; Catherine Martin (Minister), Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media; Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Heather Humphreys (Minister), Department of Social Protection; Charlie McConalogue (Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Stephen Donnelly (Minister), Department of Health; Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Patrick O'Donovan (Minister), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science; Barry Ward (Senator), Seanad; Majella Fitzpatrick (Special Adviser), Department of the Taoiseach; Aengus Ó Snodaigh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jim O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (MEP), European Parliament
Intent: Seeking IPRT’s election priorities to be reflected in party manifestos and prioritised in election campaigning. The asks, focused on criminal justice and penal policy, aim to shift the dial away from reactive measures and instead focus on proactive, clear, evidence-informed solutions to offending.
Methods: Email, Meeting, Event / Reception
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | IPRT Priorities for General Election |
2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Finance; Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Justice; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Patrick Costello (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mark Ward (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pearse Doherty (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gino Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mary Seery Kearney (Senator), Seanad; Richard Boyd Barrett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Browne (Minister of State), Department of Justice; Pa Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Stephen Donnelly (Minister), Department of Health; Caron McCaffrey (Director General), Irish Prison Service; Mark Wilson (Director), Probation Service; Mark Kelly (Chief Inspector), Office of the Inspector of Prisons; Alan Farrell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marie Sherlock (Senator), Seanad
Intent: To promote greater investment through Budget 2025 in areas of penal policy and reform. To raise awareness of alternatives to imprisonment and to highlight where investment and resourcing is needed in these areas.
Methods: Email, Event / Reception
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | IPRT Pre-Budget Submission 2025 asks |
2024-09-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Patrick Costello (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Support to implement Programme for Government commitments, priority actions from the Review of Policy Options for Prison and Penal Reform 2022-2024
Methods: Meeting, Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Key government commitments and priorities on penal reform |
2024-09-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Mark Wilson (Director), Probation Service
Intent: To gain greater insight into the Probation Service's plans to implement its new Strategy and the establishment of a new pilot Bail Supervision Scheme for Women
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Implementation of new Probation Strategy |
2024-09-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Lynn Ruane (Senator), Seanad
Intent: Progressing the Criminal Justice (Rehabilitative Periods) Bill through the Dáil
Methods: Meeting, Phone call
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Criminal Justice (Rehabilitative Periods) Bill |
2024-09-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Pat Buckley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Lower House of the Oireachtas
Intent: To seek support to oppose any proposed reopening of the old Cork Prison
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Opposing proposals to reopen old Cork prison to alleviate overcrowding |
Politician(s) lobbied: Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Justice; Caron McCaffrey (Director General), Irish Prison Service
Intent: Reconsider the repurposing of the Progression Unit in Mountjoy
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Joint open letter on repurposing of the Progression Unit in Mountjoy |
2024-09-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Kathleen Funchion (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Lynn Boylan (Senator), Seanad; Niall Blaney (Senator), Seanad; Luke Ming Flanagan (MEP), European Parliament; Lisa Chambers (Senator), Seanad; Pauline O'Reilly (Senator), Seanad; Peadar Tóibín (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Barry Andrews (MEP), European Parliament; Clare Daly (MEP), European Parliament; Ciarán Cuffe (MEP), European Parliament; Daithí Doolan (Councillor), Dublin City Council; Bríd Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Regina Doherty (Senator), Seanad; Billy Kelleher (MEP), European Parliament; Seán Kelly (MEP), European Parliament; Mick Wallace (MEP), European Parliament; Grace O'Sullivan (MEP), European Parliament; Paul Gavan (Senator), Seanad; Chris MacManus (MEP), European Parliament
Intent: EU election candidates pledge to support the European Movement for Small-Scale Detention Housing - a just, sustainable, and community-integrated alternative to large prisons
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Support for the European Movement for Small-Scale Detention Housing |
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