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Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 14)
2024-11-08
Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown
Intent: Implementation of the International Protection Child Payment which was committed to in Budget 2024 and Budget 2025.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Email to all TDs requesting support for the implementation of the 'International Protection Child Payment' |
2024-10-07
Politician(s) lobbied: Kevin McCarthy (Secretary General), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; David Delaney (Assistant Secretary), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Mary Hayes (Director of Services or Equivalent), Dublin City Council
Intent: Requesting that the department of integration, other departments and government agencies, revise their policy to ensure homeless protection applicants are accommodated. In the meantime request and recommendation that the process and policy for accommodation referrals change and improve the infrastructure and support given to people.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Email to Department o Children and Dublin Region Homeless Executive re situation of homeless protection applicants |
2024-09-17
Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Roderic O'Gorman (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Justice
Intent: Provide people who are street homeless with safe and secure accommodation. We believe that no person in Ireland should be homeless.• In the interim, ensure the financial package of support meets the needs of people who are homeless. A weekly payment of €113.80 is insufficient to live on. Supplementary Welfare Allowance is not sufficient to cover hostels and cannot cover privately sourced accommodation.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Letter to Taoiseach |
| — | Minister McEntee and Minister O'Gorman concerning the situation of homeless international protection applicants. |
2024-05-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Kevin McCarthy (Secretary General), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Roderic O'Gorman (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Heather Humphreys (Minister), Department of Social Protection; John McKeon (Secretary General), Department of Social Protection
Intent: Civil society be given the formal opportunity to make submissions to the review of supports to international protection applicants.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Email to Ministers and Secretary Generals requesting civil society be given opportunity to input in to review of the entitlements of International Protection applicants. |
2024-04-14
Politician(s) lobbied: Richard Dixon (Director of Services or Equivalent), Department of Justice
Intent: Homeless international protection applicants are given the option of pausing their substantive interview so that they are not interviewed while homeless. . We believe it essential that applicants be given the option of pausing their application and postponing the application while homeless and formally request that this option be offered to all people without accommodation. A person may well wish to continue the application and proceed with interview, but the option to pause is a safeguard.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Email to the Chief International Protection Officer requesting that homeless international protection applicants are given the option of pausing their application prior to interview to avoid being interviewed while homeless. |
2024-04-14
Politician(s) lobbied: Roderic O'Gorman (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; David Delaney (Assistant Secretary), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Joe O'Brien (Minister of State), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Intent: People seeking international protection are accommodated
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Email to government requesting people seeking international protection are not place back on to street after being removed following bad weather |
2023-11-04
Politician(s) lobbied: Roderic O'Gorman (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; David Delaney (Director), Department of Justice; Caroline Timmons (Acting Assistant Secretary), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Intent: Request that this policy cease and that the Department of Children and Department of Housing work together to assist people to transition from IPAS accommodation in a way that does not expose them to a risk of homelessness.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Letter regarding the current policy of the Department of Children to write to people with refugee status or permission to remain |
| — | who are residing in Direct Provision centres |
| — | and giving them dates by which they would have to leave the Direct Provision centre or be moved to another centre. |
2023-11-04
Politician(s) lobbied: Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Justice; Leo Varadkar (Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Roderic O'Gorman (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Intent: Letter to Government requesting considerations for international protection applications from Palestinians; family reunification applications and consideration of a possible humanitarian admissions programme or similar.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Letter to Government about situation in Gaza |
2023-08-10
Politician(s) lobbied: Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Justice; Simon Harris (Minister), Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science
Intent: Stamp 4 permission to remain that is acceptable to SUSI and desist from issuing stamp 4 as an ‘exceptional' or accept ‘exceptional’ Stamp 4 permission to remain where the person has comethrough the International Protection process. Reject the categorisation of International Protection Applicants as International students.SUSI – Applicant Class – the category does not exist to enable a student to be under 23 andindependent as per the current SUSI regulations.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Letter setting out barriers to further and higher education for international protection applicants and give recommendations as to how those barriers can be removed |
2023-03-22
Politician(s) lobbied: Roderic O'Gorman (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Joe O'Brien (Minister of State), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Elizabeth Canavan (Assistant Secretary), Department of the Taoiseach; David Delaney (Director), Department of Justice; Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Heather Humphreys (Minister), Department of Social Protection; Stephen Donnelly (Minister), Department of Health; Simon Harris (Minister), Department of Justice; Carol Baxter (Assistant Secretary), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Mary Hayes (Director of Services or Equivalent), Dublin City Council
Intent: Information provision to homeless people (DCEIDY)Contact point provided (Department of Jusce and DCEIDY)Statement of non-accommodation (DCEIDY)Local government supports (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)Access to the Daily Expenses Allowance (Department of Social Protection)Medical support (Department of Health)Age disputed children are not made homeless (DCEIDY)Completing the asylum process while homeless is paused if the person agrees (Department of Justice)
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Letter to various government departments seeking services and support to homeless international protection applicants |
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