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Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 14)
2025-11-11
Politician(s) lobbied: Jim O'Callaghan (Minister), Department of Justice; Colm Brophy (Minister of State), Department of Justice; David Delaney (Director), Department of Justice; Doncha O’Sullivan (Assistant Secretary), Department of Justice; Richard Dixon (Director), Department of Justice
Intent: Ending of homelessness of international protection applicants. In particular the policy that people must sleep rough to demonstrate eligbility and need for accommodation.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Letter to Minister for Justice about unaccommodated international protection applicants. |
2025-10-02
Politician(s) lobbied: Doncha O’Sullivan (Assistant Secretary), Department of Justice; David Gilbride (Assistant Secretary), Department of Justice
Intent: Halting of voluntary return communications directly to international protection applicants.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Email to Deparmtent of Justice officials raising signficiant concerns regarding voluntary return proposals aimed at people in the international protection process. . |
2025-09-16
Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jim O'Callaghan (Minister), Department of Justice
Intent: Creation of a Humanitarian Admissions Programme for people from Gaza, urgent consideration and prioritisation of protection applications from people from Gaza and flexible facilitation of family reunification for people from Gaza
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Letter to Taoiseach |
| — | Tanaiste and Minister O'Callaghan from Irish refugee and migrant organisations giving recommendations to Government in response to Gaza genocide |
2025-09-12
Politician(s) lobbied: Jim O'Callaghan (Minister), Department of Justice
Intent: That the Minister consider the points made by the Irish Refugee Council about the CJEU decision on homeless protection applicants.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Email to Minister for Justice regarding comments on CJEU decision on homelessness |
2025-09-12
Politician(s) lobbied: Richard Dixon (Director), Department of Justice
Intent: Prioritisation of applications from people from Gaza.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Email to Richard Dixon regarding the International Protection Office's policy towards people from Gaza. |
2025-04-29
Politician(s) lobbied: Colm Brophy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Ending of policy of non accommodation of protection applicants, expanded HIQA inspection mandate, implementation of International Protection Child Payment, better pathways to transition out of IPAS accommodation.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Meeting with Minister Colm Brophy TD. Homeless protection applicants |
| — | deteriorating conditions in IPAS accommdoation and HIQA mandate |
| — | Implementation of the International Protection Child Payment (IPCP)S accommodation |
| — | Transition from IPAS accommodation. |
2024-11-08
Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown
Intent: Implementation of the International Protection Child Payment which was committed to in Budget 2024 and Budget 2025.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Email to all TDs requesting support for the implementation of the 'International Protection Child Payment' |
2024-10-07
Politician(s) lobbied: Kevin McCarthy (Secretary General), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; David Delaney (Assistant Secretary), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Mary Hayes (Director of Services or Equivalent), Dublin City Council
Intent: Requesting that the department of integration, other departments and government agencies, revise their policy to ensure homeless protection applicants are accommodated. In the meantime request and recommendation that the process and policy for accommodation referrals change and improve the infrastructure and support given to people.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Email to Department o Children and Dublin Region Homeless Executive re situation of homeless protection applicants |
2024-09-17
Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Roderic O'Gorman (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Justice
Intent: Provide people who are street homeless with safe and secure accommodation. We believe that no person in Ireland should be homeless.• In the interim, ensure the financial package of support meets the needs of people who are homeless. A weekly payment of €113.80 is insufficient to live on. Supplementary Welfare Allowance is not sufficient to cover hostels and cannot cover privately sourced accommodation.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Letter to Taoiseach |
| — | Minister McEntee and Minister O'Gorman concerning the situation of homeless international protection applicants. |
2024-05-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Kevin McCarthy (Secretary General), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Roderic O'Gorman (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Heather Humphreys (Minister), Department of Social Protection; John McKeon (Secretary General), Department of Social Protection
Intent: Civil society be given the formal opportunity to make submissions to the review of supports to international protection applicants.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Email to Ministers and Secretary Generals requesting civil society be given opportunity to input in to review of the entitlements of International Protection applicants. |
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