Irish Penal Reform Trust

Lobbying Organisation Irish Penal Reform Trust

Date published 20 May, 2025

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Jan, 2025 to 30 Apr, 2025

Specific Details Discussion with Matt Carthy on community-based sanctions and reduction of pre-trial detention

Intended results To obtain a meeting and secure support for greater use of community-based sanctions, a bail supervision scheme for women and other key IPRT priority asks including ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture

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

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.

Informal communication (1)

Met Deputy Carthy in the green room before the Tonight Show on Virgin Media TV where we were both on a panel to discuss pre-trial detention and prison expansion.

Email (2-5)

Exchanged emails with Deputy Carthy's office to seek a meeting to discuss IPRT priorities in more detail both in his role as Sinn Féin spokesperson on Justice and Chair of the Justice Committee.

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.

Matt Carthy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)