Migrant Rights Centre Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Migrant Rights Centre Ireland

Date published 19 May, 2023

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Jan, 2023 to 30 Apr, 2023

Specific Details Regularisation Scheme for Undocumented People in Ireland

Intended results A solution for borderline and anomaly cases in relation to 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? 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)

We emailed David Gilbride and his team about borderline and anomaly cases in relation to the undocumented scheme and advocated for them to be considered favourably

Meeting (2-5)

We met with David Gilbride in Dept of Justice and his team where we made proposals around borderline cases from the undocumented scheme. We also met with more junior Department officials where we proposed introducing an ongoing regularisation mechanism

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.

David Gilbride Assistant Secretary (Department of Justice)