Association of Leaders of Missionaries & Religious of Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Association of Leaders of Missionaries & Religious of Ireland

Date published 20 May, 2020

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Jan, 2020 to 30 Apr, 2020

Specific Details Visa applications for Ministers of Religion

Intended results To gather information and seek how to expedite applications more successfully

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Dr Elizabeth Murphy

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? Yes

Client(s)

Client 1

Company name Association of Leaders of Missionaries and Religious of Ireland

CRO number (if applicable)

Company address AMRI Office, c/o Missionaries of Africa, Cypress Grove Road, Templeogue, Dublin 6W D6W YV12

Main business or activity Religious Organisation

Company website www.amri.ie

Contact email address liz.murphy@amri.ie

Contact phone number 01 5310055

Contact address AMRI Office, c/o Missionaries of Africa, Cypress Grove Road, Templeogue, Dublin 6W D6W YV12

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Phone call (2-5)

A letter had been sent to Ms Oonagh Buckley and copied to Minister Flanagan and Minister Stanton. The outcome was a meeting arranged for 1.04.2020 but, due to Covid-19 this was changed to a Conference Call which took place on 01.04.2020

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.

Charles Flanagan Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)

David Stanton Minister of State (Department of Justice and Equality)

Oonagh Buckley Deputy Secretary (Department of Justice and Equality)