The Legal Aid Board is the statutory, independent body responsible for the provision of civil legal aid and advice to persons of modest means. Legal advice is any oral or written advice given by a solicitor or barrister, including writing letters and negotiations. Legal aid is representation by a solicitor or barrister in court proceedings. The Legal Aid Board has a number of centers across the country, and the best way to find the one most convenient to you is to contact the Legal Aid Board directly.
The Free Legal Advice Centre (FLAC) provide confidential, basic legal advice for free and in person across all areas of law. FLAC offers a network of advice clinics around Ireland and you may be able to identify the most suitable one at the following link: Legal Advice Clinic.
Phone: Lo-Call: 1890 350 250
Web: https://www.flac.ie/
The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner was established to protect individuals’ right to privacy by enabling people to exercise control over how their personal information is used, in accordance with the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003. If a person or organisation holds personal information about you on computer or on paper file, you may ask them if they hold such information and to give you access to it. Section 3 of the Data Protection Acts provides that you have a right to find out and/or be given a description free of charge, of information held about you. Section 4 of the Data Protection Acts says that you have a right to obtain a copy of such information.
Information and Customer Services (ICS), formerly known as Workplace Relations Customer Services, is responsible for the provision of information relating to employment rights, equality and industrial relations matters by means of a telephone call-in service manned by experienced Information Officers
Phone: 059 9178990 | Lo-call: 1890 80 80 90 * (09.30 - 17.00, Monday to Friday)
Web: https://www.workplacerelations.ie/en/contact_us/contact-details/
The Legal Aid Board provides confidential and independent legal services to persons applying for international protection in Ireland. If you are applying for international protection in Ireland, you can obtain legal advice and assistance from the Legal Aid Board to assist you with your application. You may register with the Legal Aid Board at any stage of the asylum process, but it is advisable to do so at the earliest possible stage of the process.
Citizens Information Centres (CICs) provide free, impartial information, advice and advocacy from more than 215 locations around the country.
Phone: 0761 07 4000
Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centremission is to contribute to the improvement in the quality of life, living circumstances, status and participation of Travellers and Roma through working innovatively for social justice, greater solidarity development, equality and human rights.
Traveller Legal Service is run by Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC), supported by The Community Foundation for Ireland and in cooperation with a Steering Group made up of representation from the national Traveller organisations, it aims to empower Travellers and Traveller groups to engage with the law as a means of combating discrimination and advancing the rights of Travellers in Irish Society.
FLAC try to help people to understand and access their legal rights through offering free & confidential legal information and advice to the public, helping thousands of people every year.
Web: https://www.flac.ie/
Immigrant Council Of Ireland provides practical information and advice on all immigration related issues. Its Independent Law Centre supports the most vulnerable migrants, including victims of trafficking, so they can live lives free from oppression.
Irish Refugee Council provides services and support to people seeking protection and those recognised as refugees in Ireland.
INAR (the Irish Network Against Racism) is a national network of anti-racism civil society organisations which aims to work collectively to highlight and address the issue of racism in Ireland.
Nasc is the Irish word for “link”. They link migrants and refugees to their rights.
Community Law & Mediation is a community law centre which provides free legal advice, advocacy and mediation and education services.
Phone: (01) 847 7804
The Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) is Ireland’s independent state body which assesses personal injury compensation.
The Personal Injuries Assessment Board aim is to facilitate a fair and transparent personal injuries assessment process in which claims are resolved at a low delivery cost and in a timely and non-adversarial manner and to engage with all parties and stakeholders in the claims resolution process in a straight-forward and efficient way.
Email: enquiries@injuriesboard.ie
Phone: 1890 829 121
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) works to help ensure the orderly and humane management of migration, to promote international cooperation on migration issues, to assist in the search for practical solutions to migration problems and to provide humanitarian assistance to migrants in need, including refugees and internally displaced people.
The International Protection Office (IPO) is an office within the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) responsible for processing applications for international protection under the International Protection Act 2015. It also considers, as part of a single procedure process, whether applicants should be given permission to remain.
The National Vetting Bureau is the single point of contact in An Garda Síochána to conduct Garda Vetting. Its primary objective is to provide an accurate and responsible vetting service which enhances the protection of children and vulnerable persons through enabling safer recruitment decisions.
Garda Vetting is conducted in respect of any person who is carrying out work or activity, a necessary and regular part of which consists mainly of the person having access to, or contact with, children or vulnerable persons. It is a service designed to enhance the protection of children and vulnerable persons.
This is a matter that appears to fall more appropriately within the remit of Transparency International (TI) Irelands ‘Speak Up’ helpline and you may wish to contact that organisation for further advice and assistance.
The ‘Speak Up’ helpline was launched by TI Ireland in May 2011. The helpline offers information, referral advice and advocacy support to people looking to report wrongdoing, or to witnesses and victims of corruption or other wrongdoing.
If you would like further guidance on blowing the whistle, reporting wrongdoing or dealing with an ethical dilemma at work, you may wish to contact the ‘Speak Up’ helpline. At the following link, you can also download a guide for making Protected Disclosures: Speak Up Safely Guide
Workers who wish to report wrongdoing (commonly known as whistleblowing) may be offered an appointment with the Transparency Legal Advice Centre (TLAC). Transparency Legal Advice Centre “TLAC” is Ireland’s only independent law centre specialising in providing legal advice to anyone who wishes to disclose wrongdoing, particularly under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014.
Phone: 1800 844 866
The Employment Equality Acts do not extend to generalised bullying or harassment which is not linked to the discriminatory ground. For further information on bullying or harassment not connected to the nine grounds you should contact the Health and Safety Authority (HSA).
The HSA provides information and advice on bullying in the workplace. The HSA makes sure that the system of work is not one where bullying is facilitated or tolerated. Where bullying is identified (through a legitimate complaint) employers should have a proper system to deal with bullying complaints, and act reasonably in implementing that system. The HSA can assess this system and make recommendations, and where required, use powers of enforcement to ensure the system is reasonable and the management of bullying does not represent a risk to the employee’s health and/or safety.
Phone: 1890 289 389
Web: http://www.hsa.ie
If you would like further information on current protections, you can read further information here or you can contact the Irish Penal Reform Trust directly at:
Email: info@iprt.ie
Phone: +353 1 874 1400
If you are concerned with your treatment in the workplace, the Workers’ Rights Centre (WRC) provides information, advice or representation in relation to a disciplinary process, workplace legislation, bullying, maternity rights or any other individual dispute with your employer.
Crosscare Migrant Project is a Dublin based NGO providing information and advocacy support to Irish emigrants
and people who have moved to Ireland.
Email: migrantproject@crosscare.ie
Phone: +353 (0)1 873 2844
If you are concerned with your treatment in the workplace the Workers’ Rights Centre provides information, advice or representation in relation to a disciplinary process, workplace legislation, bullying, maternity rights or any other individual dispute with your employer.
Email: wrc@siptu.ie
Phone: 01 858 6300
The Community Law and Mediation Centre and Arthur Cox staff an employment law clinic at the Citizens Information Centre on O’Connell Street once a month from 9:30 – 1pm.
Phone: 01 847 7804 or 061 536 100
You may wish to note that all workers have the right to join a union if they so choose. The following website may of assistance to you in this regard: https://www.unionconnect.ie/joinaunion/
Migrant Rights Centre Ireland is a national organisation working for justice, empowerment and equality for migrants and their families
Doras is an independent, non-governmental organisation working to promote and protect the rights of migrants in Ireland