Migrant Rights Centre Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Migrant Rights Centre Ireland

Date published 20 Jan, 2023

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Sep, 2022 to 31 Dec, 2022

Specific Details Regularisation Scheme for Undocumented People in Ireland

Intended results Broader inclusion of people in the Regularisation Scheme. An ongoing regularisation mechanism for undocumented people.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Neil Bruton

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? Yes

What is the directive you gave to the grassroots campaigners? We asked those left out of the scheme to email their local TDs and ask them to contact Minister McEntee to push for a broadening of the scheme

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (100+)

We asked those left out of the scheme to email their local TDs and ask them to contact Minister McEntee to push for a broadening of the scheme.

Meeting (1)

Met with Andrew Munroe in Dept of Justice where we made proposals around including borderline cases from the undocumented scheme

Email (2-5)

Follow up emails to civil servants listed in relation to inclusion of borderline cases in the undocumented scheme

Meeting (1)

We met with Pa Daly and Martin Kenny

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.

Helen McEntee Minister (Department of Justice)

David Gilbride Assistant Secretary (Department of Justice)

Andrew Munro Assistant Secretary (Department of Justice)

Pa Daly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Martin Kenny TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)