Overwatch Report

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Briefing on the work of our organisation.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)'} {'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Pat Rabitte', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'David Stanton', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Justice and Equality)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Briefing on issues DRCC highlighted in UNCAT Submission.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'David Stanton', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Justice and Equality)'} {'name': 'Michael Donnellan', 'role': 'Director General (Department of Justice and Equality)'} {'name': "Patricia O'Brien", 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

September–December

[Children and Youth Affairs] The need for follow-up research to SAVI, which was undertaken back in 2002, on the prevalence of sexual abuse and violence in Ireland today

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Katherine Zappone', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'} {'name': "Jerry O'Connor", 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'} {'name': 'Patricia Ryan', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Health)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Briefing on matters of general concern to our organisation

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Josepha Madigan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Oonagh McPhillips', 'role': 'Deputy Secretary (Department of Justice and Equality)'} {'name': 'Brendan Howlin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Pat Breen', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Briefing on a number of matters of concern to the DRCC

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'David Stanton', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Justice and Equality)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Briefing on issues concerning victims of rape and their engagement with the criminal justice system

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Progression of the Domestic Violence Bill 2017

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

September–December

[Children and Youth Affairs] Emphasising the importance and influence healthy relationship education can have among young people in the prevention of sexual violence

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Jerry O'Connor", 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'}

Womens Aid

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Meeting with Senator Maria Cahill, Ellen O'Reilly-Dunlop CEO Dublin Rape Crisis Centre and Orla O'Connor, CEO National Women's Council of Ireland

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Máiría Cahill', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

January–April

[Justice and Equality] We welcomed the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2014 but felt it fell short in having no statutory definition of consent. Given the difficulties in proving an absence of consent in sexual offence cases, we highlighted to the Minister why a definition would go some way towards clarifying the uncertainties in this area.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Sexual Abuse and Violence in Ireland, was published in 2002. It was the most comprehensive research on attitudes and beliefs to sexual violence in Ireland. Since its publication, it has helped to inform policies across government departments on sexual violence. The DRCC have and will continue to lobby for a second SAVI because we believe it is imperative that the policies and services needed in the area of sexual violence are appropriately informed by up to date empirical

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

January–April

[Children and Youth Affairs] Promoting the general purpose of our organisation.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Katherine Zappone', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Promoting the general purpose of our organisation.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

May–August

[Justice and Equality] The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 in strengthening our laws will do much to tackle the sexual exploitation of children and other vulnerable people and end their suffering.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Finan McGrath', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Social Protection)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

May–August

[Justice and Equality] The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 in strengthening our laws will do much to tackle the sexual exploitation of children and other vulnerable people and end their suffering.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Tommy Broughan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

May–August

[Children and Youth Affairs] To promote the general purpose of our organisation.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Katherine Zappone', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

May–August

[Justice and Equality] The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 in strengthening our laws will do much to tackle the sexual exploitation of children and other vulnerable people and end their suffering.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

May–August

[Justice and Equality] The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 in strengthening our laws will do much to tackle the sexual exploitation of children and other vulnerable people and end their suffering.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael Flahive', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Justice and Equality)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

May–August

[Justice and Equality] The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 in strengthening our laws will do much to tackle the sexual exploitation of children and other vulnerable people and end their suffering.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Noel Rock', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

May–August

[Children and Youth Affairs] To promote the general purpose of our organisation.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mick Wallace', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

May–August

[Children and Youth Affairs] To promote the general purpose of our organisation.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Dessie Ellis', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

May–August

[Children and Youth Affairs] To promote the general purpose of our organisation.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Lynn Ruane', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

September–December

[Health] Met Minister Harris to highlight need for resourcing of IT for us

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

September–December

[Justice and Equality] The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 in strengthening our laws will do much to tackle the sexual exploitation of children and other vulnerable people and end their suffering.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': 'The enactment of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015.'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

September–December

[Justice and Equality] The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 in strengthening our laws will do much to tackle the sexual exploitation of children and other vulnerable people and end their suffering.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Róisín Shortall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

September–December

[Justice and Equality] The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 in strengthening our laws will do much to tackle the sexual exploitation of children and other vulnerable people and end their suffering.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Catherine Connolly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

September–December

[Children and Youth Affairs] Briefing on general concerns of our organisation.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Katherine Zappone', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

September–December

[Children and Youth Affairs] Briefing on issues concerning sexual violence

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Patricia Ryan', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Health)'}

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

September–December

[EU Affairs] The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre made a submission on the General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill to the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality and were subsequently invited by the Committee to a meeting to discuss our submission.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'David Stanton', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Anne Ferris', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Finian McGrath', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Niall Collins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Seán Kenny', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} + 3 more

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

September–December

[Education and Training] Sexual Abuse and Violence in Ireland, was published in 2002. It was the most comprehensive research on attitudes and beliefs to sexual violence in Ireland. Since its publication, it has helped to inform policies across government departments on sexual violence. The DRCC have and will continue to lobby for a second SAVI because we believe it is imperative that the policies and services needed in the area of sexual violence are appropriately informed by up to date empirica

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Jan O'Sullivan", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education and Skills)'}

Lobbying Tracker

Most Lobbied TDs