Permits Foundation (Stichting Permits)

Lobbying Organisation Permits Foundation

Date published 03 Sep, 2025

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 May, 2025 to 31 Aug, 2025

Specific Details Emails to the Minister of Justice's office regarding our letter about processing times for family visa applications

Intended results We wanted to convey our thanks to the Minister's Office for their reply and to ask if we could follow up on a few months time. We also requested if we could publish the response letter from the PS of the Minister of Justice on our website. Following a second prompt we received confirmation that we could publish the response on our website which we did. We sent our thanks via email.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Helen Frew

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 (2-5)

7 May: sent email with thanks to the Justice Minister's office and requesting permission to publish the PS (Emma McHugh's) reply on our website. 21 May sent email prompt with same request. 4 June sent thank you email to the Minister's office as we received confirmation that we had permission to publish the response.

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.

Jim O'Callaghan Minister (Department of Justice)

Emma McHugh Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (Department of Justice and Equality)