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Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Raise awareness to the work of DRCC with candiates running for local and European election

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Declan Flanagan', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Aishling Silke', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

May–August

[Health] Inform on matters of general interest to DRCC including reproductive health education

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Fiona O'Loughlin", 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Awareness raising about the impact of sexual violence and on handling disclosures

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Erin McGreehan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Patricia Ryan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Fiona O'Loughlin", 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Paul McAuliffe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Victor Boyhan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Violet Anne Wynne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 3 more

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Discuss matters of interest in particular those that impact victim/survivors of sexual violence engaging with the criminal justice system

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Dr Stephanie O’Keeffe', 'role': 'Chief Executive Officer (Department of Justice)'} {'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Inform on the work of DRCC at the launch of our Annual Report

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Oonagh McPhillips', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Justice)'} {'name': 'Donna Cooney', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

May–August

[Foreign Affairs] Highlight matters of particular interest related to advancing equality and combatting domestic, sexual, and gender-based violence

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Joe Hackett', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'} {'name': 'Dr Stephanie O’Keeffe', 'role': 'Chief Executive Officer (Department of Justice)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Inform on matters of interest to DRCC particularly regarding counselling notes

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Pippa Hackett', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Discussion about new statutory agency, Cuan, and ongoing work of DRCC

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Dr Stephanie O’Keeffe', 'role': 'Chief Executive Officer (Department of Justice)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Invite to attend a series of training sessions focused on the topic of sexual violence

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Invite to attend a series of training sessions focused on the topic of sexual violence'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Brief on the key issues of concern to DRCC that we were advocating for as part of our GE2024 manifesto

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'} {'name': 'Barry Ward', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': "Jim O'Callaghan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Dr Stephanie O’Keeffe', 'role': 'Chief Executive Officer (Cuan)'} {'name': 'Holly Cairns', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mary Lou McDonald', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Brief those campaigning for the general election on the key issues of concern to DRCC

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Emma Blain', 'role': 'Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)'} {'name': 'Paul McAuliffe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eoin Hayes', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Brief on key issues of concern to DRCC that we are advocating to have included in the Programme for Government.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paul McAuliffe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Cian O'Callaghan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'} + 1 more

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Submit parliamentary questions in relation to obtaining criminal justice data

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paul McAuliffe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Raise awareness of the impact of counselling notes on victim-survivors of sexual violence engaging with the criminal justice system

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Jim O'Callaghan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

January–April

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Brief on matters of concern in particular on the issue of access to adequate, sustainable funding and supports for 'Section 56' agencies

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Inform on issues of concern to DRCC for victims of sexual and domestic violence within the criminal justice process

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Vincent P Martin', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Inform on the work of DRCC

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mary Fitzpatrick', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': "Fiona O'Loughlin", 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Oonagh McPhillips', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Justice)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

January–April

[Education and Training] Support the work on SPHE reform in particular on the RSE curriculum

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Aine Doyle', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Education)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Brief on matters of concern to DRCC in particular the issue of sentencing

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Lisa Chambers', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

January–April

[Defence] Inform on the work of DRCC in particular to our work on workplace sexual harassment

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jacqui McCrum', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Defence)'} {'name': 'Clare Tiernan', 'role': 'Acting Assistant Secretary (Department of Defence)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Discuss issues of interest DRCC has in the work of the Joint Committee on Gender Equality

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Inform on matters of general interest to DRCC

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Oonagh McPhillips', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Justice)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

January–April

[Foreign Affairs] Inform on matters of general interest to DRCC

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael Gaffey', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Inform on the work of DRCC in particular our We~Consent campaign

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'} {'name': 'Lorraine Clifford-Lee', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'John Lahart', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

May–August

[Children and Youth Affairs] Discuss matters of interest in particular around equality, rights, sexual harrassment in the workplace and child protection matters.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

May–August

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Mention the need for the DSGBV sector to have access to adequate, sustainable funding and supports.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Lorraine Clifford-Lee', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Discuss matters of interest in particular DSGBV issues as they relate to the Third National Strategy (TNS) and the establishment of the new DSGBV Agency

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Kathleen Funchion', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Pa Daly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

May–August

[Foreign Affairs] Recognise DRCCs input to the work of the DFA Finance & Audit Committee

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Joe Hackett', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

May–August

[Defence] Discuss the issue of workplace sexual harassment in the context of the Independent Review Group (IRG) on Dignity & Equality issues within the Defences Forces

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jacqui McCrum', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Defence)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Inform on the work of DRCC

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'}

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