Irish Episcopal Conference

Lobbying Organisation Irish Episcopal Conference

Date published 19 May, 2023

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Jan, 2023 to 30 Apr, 2023

Specific Details Seeking clarification regarding the commencement of the Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Bill 2021 when enacted and what resources will be provided to the agencies involved in processing applications under this legislation to enable these applications to be processed in an expeditious manner.

Intended results That all sections of the legislation would be commenced at the same time meaning that no group of Irish prisoners would be disadvantaged and that adequate resources would be put in place to ensure all applications would be dealt with quickly and efficiently.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Catherine Kenny, ICPO Information, Policy and Casework Officer

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 (21-30)

13 TDs and Senators were contacted by email before Report Stage of the Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Bill 2021 in the Dáil and Seanad respectively.

Email (2-5)

Email to TD after the passage of the legislation to ask if he would consider asking a PQ on the commencement of the legislation.

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.

Thomas Pringle TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Brendan Howlin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Éamon Ó Cuív TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Barry Ward Senator (Seanad)

Robbie Gallagher Senator (Seanad)

Vincent P Martin Senator (Seanad)

Michael McDowell Senator (Seanad)

Lynn Ruane Senator (Seanad)

Frances Black Senator (Seanad)

Alice-Mary Higgins Senator (Seanad)

David Norris Senator (Seanad)

Rebecca Moynihan Senator (Seanad)

Lynn Boylan Senator (Seanad)

Eileen Flynn Senator (Seanad)