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Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Discuss issues of particular interest to DRCC within the Third National Strategy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'} {'name': 'Oonagh McPhillips', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Justice)'} {'name': 'Bernie McNally', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Education)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

May–August

[Education and Training] Discuss the interest DRCC has to the work on SPHE reform in particular to the RSE curriculum

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Suggested amendment to the DSGBV Agency Bill

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': 'That a suggested amendment put forward would be considered'} {'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'} {'name': 'Aodhán Ó Ríordáin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Emer Higgins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

September–December

[Children and Youth Affairs] Inform on the work of DRCC at the launch of our Annual Report

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Discuss matters of interest to DRCC including the inclusion of a consent based definition of rape in new EU Directive on VAW & DV

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

September–December

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

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Inform on the work of DRCC in the context of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Niamh Smyth', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Christopher O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Erin McGreehan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': "Fiona O'Loughlin", 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'James Lawless', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'James Lawless', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 2 more

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Comment on DRCCs interest in the removal of 'honest belieft' from the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences & Human Trafficking) Bill 2023

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

September–December

[Children and Youth Affairs] Inform on the work of DRCC

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Brief on the need for the inclusion of an individual complaints mechanism in the forthcoming Online Safety & Media Regulation Bill

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jacqui McCrum', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Defence)'} {'name': 'Oonagh McPhillips', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Justice)'} {'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'} {'name': 'Barry Ward', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Discuss matters of concern for victims of sexual violence

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Martin Kenny', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

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 issues of concern to DRCC for victims of sexual violence and the criminal justice process

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

January–April

[Foreign Affairs] Raise an issue of concern for client of DRCC

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

May–August

[Budgetary matters] Brief relevant Ministers on our pre-budget submission

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'} {'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Oonagh McPhillips', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Justice)'} {'name': 'Kevin McCarthy', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

May–August

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Brief on matters of concern to DRCC in particular the issue of pay restoration to 'Section 56' agencies

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

May–August

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

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'} {'name': 'Ben Ryan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Justice)'} {'name': "Joe O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Rural and Community Development)'} {'name': 'Michael McDowell', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Discuss matters of interest in particular around creating safe work environments

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

May–August

[Education and Training] Discuss matters of interest to DRCC

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Inform on issues of concern to DRCC for victims of trafficking

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

September–December

[Budgetary matters] Brief all Oireachtas members on our pre-budget submission

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Brief all Oireachtas members on our pre-budget submission'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

September–December

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

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Clarify the objectives of the Justice Committee in relation to their work on victim’s testimony in cases of rape and sexual assault

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Brief Deputy on suggested amendments to Criminal Procedures Bill

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Brief on matters of concern to DRCC in particular the use of character references in sentencing at sexual offence trials

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Inform on matter of concern to DRCC

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

May–August

[Education and Training] Brief Minister on DRCC's contribution to the work of third level institutions tackling sexual harassment and violence and DRCC's consent project

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

May–August

[Education and Training] Brief Special Advisor on the work of DRCC as she takes up her new role

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Deirdre Duffy', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Part of a Children's Rights Alliance delegation to brief Deputy on matters of concern to DRCC and our Alliance colleagues in relation to the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Inform on matters of concern to DRCC around rape trials and research work DRCC collaborated in

Public Officials Lobbied

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

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