SAFE Ireland National Social Change Agency CLG T/A SAFE Ireland

Lobbying Organisation SAFE Ireland National Social Change Agency CLG T/A SAFE Ireland

Date published 08 Sep, 2025

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 May, 2025 to 31 Aug, 2025

Specific Details Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence

Intended results Eradicate domestic, sexual and gender based violence in Ireland

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Mary McDermott, CEO

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.

Email (1)

Email from Dr. O'Keeffe 24th June notified that the new Implementation Plan for Zero Tolerance, the Third National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, was approved by Cabinet and launched by the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, Jim O’Callaghan. The second Progress Report on Implementation of Zero Tolerance, July-December 2024 was also published. She enclosed a copy of the Minister's Press Release. ne wit

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.

Dr Stephanie O’Keeffe Chief Executive Officer (Cuan)