Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 2)
Irish Penal Reform Trust
2025-01-21
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.
Details: Highlight recommendations of Prison Overcrowding Response Group and inform work of subsequent Future Prison Capacity Working Group
Officials: Helen McEntee, Deirdre McDonnell, Don Culliton
Methods: Wrote to Minister of Justice on 16 October 2024 asking her to implement Prison Overcrowding Response Group's key recommendations, particularly legislative measures including changes to eligibility for Temporary Release and parole, incorporating the principle of prison as a sanction of last resort in law and progressing the Criminal Justice (Community Sanctions) Bill 2014. Also engagement with the judiciary in an appropriate manner which respects their independence in relation to short sentences. - Letter, Asked Senator Lynn Ruane to highlight the Prison Overcrowding Response Group report in the Seanad. - Phone call, Executive Director presented to Working Group on Future Prison Capacity on 5 November 2024 calling for reduction in prison capacity through alternative measures, ensuring policy decisions are evidence-informed and based on robust data, ensuring that capacity planning is human rights based and the need to take a long-term approach to future proofing the prison system by reducing imprisonment rates and redirecting resources to social services, health treatment and community based sanctions. - Meeting, ...
Family Carers Ireland
2024-05-21
Intent: Encourage support for a Yes Yes vote in the upcoming referendum on Family & Care::To get commitment on a number of policy actions ahead of the referendum::to communicate to the public what the referendum was about and what it would mean for family carers.
Details: Referendum on Care
Officials: Ger Keohane, Tony Fitzgerald, Mick Nugent, John Sheehan, Brian McCarthy, Damian Boylan, Thomas Gould, Colm Burke, ...
Methods: To all DPO's outlined below in the Cork Region- (by Peter Cox) - Email, Michael & Danny Healy Rae by Marie Fitzgerald - Phone call, Brendan Griffin & Pa Daly by Marie Fitzgerald - Letter, ...
Secretariat of Secondary Schools
2024-05-08
Intent: Increased funding and resources for voluntary secondary schools.
Details: Pre-budget Submission 2025
Officials: Aine Doyle, Anne-Marie Sherkle, Aoife Conduit, Bernie McNally, Dalton Tattan, Deirdre McDonnell, Gavan O’Leary, Hubert Loftus, ...
Secretariat of Secondary Schools
2023-09-05
Intent: Enhanced senior leadership capacity in voluntary secondary schools and adequate funding for our schools. In the submission we requested index-linked capitation grants.
Details: Pre-budget submission 2024
Officials: Aine Doyle, Aoife Conduit, Bernie McNally, Colin Clarke, Dalton Tattan, Daniel Griffin, Deirdre McDonnell, Deirdre Shanley, ...
Methods: Pre-budget submission 2024 sent to DPOs as outlined below. - Letter
Secretariat of Secondary Schools
2022-09-15
Intent: Improved resourcing for voluntary secondary schools.
Details: Pre-budget submission
Officials: Aoife Conduit, Dalton Tattan, Deirdre Shanley, Hubert Loftus, Martina Mannion, Bernie McNally, Deirdre McDonnell, Aine Doyle, ...
Methods: The Pre-Budget submission was sent by email to all members of the Oireachtas. - Email
Instinctif Partners Public Affairs Ireland
2021-09-21
Intent: Awareness of Zoom
Details: To introduce Zoom and update on its presence in Ireland in the context of the official's role within their Department
Officials: Deirdre McDonnell, Michael Bunyan, Louise Jevens, Louise McKeever, John Barron, Barry Lowry, Paul Quinn
Methods: Email, Meetings were held with D McDonnell, L Jevans, L McKeever, Barry Lowry. - Virtual Meeting
Ibec
2021-05-20
Intent: Awareness of the telecommunications industry response to COVID-19 crisis, with specific reference to the education sector
Details: Telecommunications industry response to COVID-19 crisis
Officials: Eamon Ryan, Ciarán Ó hÓbáin, John McDonald, Norma Foley, Deirdre McDonnell, Aine Doyle
Methods: Letter, Email
Ibec
2020-05-20
Intent: Inform government of telecommunications industry response to COVID-19 crisis and its key priorities in that context
Details: COVID-19 crisis
Officials: Ciarán Ó hÓbáin, Deirdre McDonnell, Patrick Cluskey
Methods: Phone call, Virtual Meeting, Email
Irish Universities Association
2020-01-21
Intent: Discussion of payroll shared services project
Details: Payroll shared services project
Officials: Deirdre McDonnell
Methods: Meeting
Irish Universities Association
2019-09-20
Intent: Provide feedback on the evaluation criteria for the Business Case Payroll Project
Details: Payroll shared services business case proposal for higher education
Officials: Deirdre McDonnell
Methods: Meeting