Politician(s) lobbied: Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Jim O'Callaghan (Minister), Department of Justice
Intent: seeking clarity on why processing times are so long and how they can be reduced
Methods: Email
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Email
seeking to highlight this issue to the Ministers and requesting an online meeting with a policy representative within their departments.
Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown
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Politician(s) lobbied: Jim O'Callaghan (Minister), Department of Justice; Emma McHugh (Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades), Department of Justice and Equality
Intent: We wanted to convey our thanks to the Minister's Office for their reply and to ask if we could follow up on a few months time. We also requested if we could publish the response letter from the PS of the Minister of Justice on our website. Following a second prompt we received confirmation that we could publish the response on our website which we did. We sent our thanks via email.
Methods: Email
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7 May: sent email with thanks to the Justice Minister's office and requesting permission to publish the PS (Emma McHugh's) reply on our website.21 May sent email prompt with same request.4 June sent thank you email to the Minister's office as we received confirmation that we had permission to publish the response.
Politician(s) lobbied: Neale Richmond (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: We sought Minister Richmond's continued engagement in support of joining family members.
Methods: Email
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Email sent to the Minister on 25 June referencing previous correspondence and requesting continued support and engagement.
Politician(s) lobbied: Grace Boland (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: We sought Deputy Boland's support for our request to reduce lengthy processing times for joining family members
Methods: Email
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email sent to Deputy Boland on 25 June. The email included the letter we had initially sent to the Minister of Justice.
Politician(s) lobbied: Jim O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Neale Richmond (Minister of State), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: In this letter to the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, Permits Foundation requests confirmation that reducing family processing times is being considered a priority. We would welcome clarity around the measures being taken and when processing times might be brought within the government’s own targets.
Methods: Email
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Email
Processing times for join family visas are extremely long. Impacted applications include family members of employment permit holders, family members of Irish, EEA, and UK nationals. As it falls within the remit of the Ministry of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, an email with the letter in attachment was sent to Minister O'Callaghan. Some of the issues also relate to International Development and Diaspora and so Minister Richmond also received an email with the letter (both sent 23/04/25).
Politician(s) lobbied: Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Justice; David Stanton (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To convey our thanks to govt. representatives on an issue that we believe will be of great help to employers when attracting and retaining talent in Ireland
Methods: Email
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Email
Emails to convey our thanks were sent to Minister McEntee, the Office of Deputy David Stanton and to Leonard Durac at the Irish Embassy in London. The latter was attending our annual conference in London and we wanted to highlight in advance, how much we appreciated the recent change in Ireland.
Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown
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Politician(s) lobbied: Neale Richmond (Minister of State), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; David Stanton (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Justice
Intent: Support for legislative change to enable direct work access for spouses/partners of intra company transferees.
Methods: EmailVirtual Meeting
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Email
Email correspondence with DETE Economic Migration Policy Unit requesting a meeting and information around government support for work access for spouses/partners of ICTs (February).
Email
Email to M Tracey, J. Kennedy DETE and S Hayden DoJ referring to the Permits Foundation's written evidence in support of work access for spouses/partners of ICTs and asking if policy was under consideration. 9 January.
Email
Email to Minister Helen McEntee and with A. Jones, Department of Justice in CC, providing supporting evidence and recommendation of work access for spouses/partners of ICTs. Requesting a meeting. 11 March.
Email
Messaging David Stanton TD, to thank him for raising issue of work access for spouses/partners of ICTs. Subsequent emails providing supporting information. Emails in follow up with Deputy Stanton to ask if any progress likely. Messaging Deputy Stanton and members of his office regarding diary availability for an online meeting. Feb-April
Email
Messaging the office of Minister Neale Richmond to ask for a meeting to discuss whether he could support our recommendation of work access for spouses/partners of ICTs. (9-15 February 2024)
Virtual Meeting
Teams meeting on 21 Feb with Jamie KennedyAssistant Principal Officer, Economic Migration Policy Unit. We discussed whether there could be governmental support for work access for spouses/partners of ICTs
Virtual Meeting
Teams meeting with Deputy Stanton to discuss support for our recommendation of work access for spouses/partners of ICTs. 16 February
