Overwatch Report

Concern Worldwide

September–December

[EU Affairs] University students meeting with MEP Barry Andrews as part of DFA-funded Communicating Europe Initiative

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Barry Andrews', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

Concern Worldwide

January–April

[Foreign Affairs] Humanitarian Situation in Sudan

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Gorta

January–April

[Food] SHA contributed technical input to a joint policy initiative, “The Best Ireland Can Be for Food and Nutrition Security,” led by Concern Worldwide. Presented in Dublin ahead of the Nutrition for Growth Summit, it showcased Ireland’s global impact on nutrition. Encouragingly, the Government reaffirmed its commitment to tackling malnutrition at the Summit.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paul Troy', 'role': 'Specialist (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Concern Worldwide

January–April

[Foreign Affairs] Recommendations to the Irish Government in advance of the Nutrition for Growth Summit.

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Concern Worldwide

January–April

[Foreign Affairs] UNFCCC Baku to Belém Roadmap to 1.3T Joint NGO Submission

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Pa Daly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ciarán Ahern', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Whitmore', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Frances Black', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Alice-Mary Higgins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} + 4 more

Concern Worldwide

May–August

[EU Affairs] Letter for Min EU Affairs EU humanitarian budget 2026

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Neale Richmond', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Michael Gaffey', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Concern Worldwide

May–August

[Foreign Affairs] Concern 2026 Pre-Budget Submission - ODA Helps Build a Better World

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Neale Richmond', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'} {'name': 'John Lahart', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Cathy Bennett', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 18 more

Concern Worldwide

September–December

[Foreign Affairs] Letter ahead of United Nations General Assembly

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Concern Worldwide

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Gambling Legislation Bill

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Niamh Smyth', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'James Lawless', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Sean Fleming', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Richard Boyd Barrett', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ossian Smyth', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Cormac Devlin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 3 more

Concern Worldwide

January–April

[Foreign Affairs] Humanitarian Aid - Donor Conference - Sudan, Ethipia

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Concern Worldwide

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Gambling Legislation Bill

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Josepha Madigan', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Catherine Martin', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)'}

Concern Worldwide

September–December

[Foreign Affairs] Humanitarian Situation in Sudan

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Sean Fleming', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Michael Gaffey', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Fergal Mythen', 'role': 'Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Concern Worldwide

January–April

[Foreign Affairs] Communication on the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Concern Worldwide

January–April

[Foreign Affairs] Briefing on the humanitarian situation in the Horn of Africa

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Barry Cowen', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Cathal Berry', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Matt Carthy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Réada Cronin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Gary Gannon', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 8 more

Concern Worldwide

May–August

[Foreign Affairs] EU Humanitarian Aid Budget

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Concern Worldwide

May–August

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Inclusion of charities in gambling legislation

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Colm Brophy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Concern Worldwide

January–April

[Foreign Affairs] Update on Concern's response in Ukraine, and deterioration in other countries in crises

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Extract from communication:\nWe welcome the attention of the Houses of the Oireachtas on this crisis and would urge Ireland together with its fellow members of the European Union and United Nations, to continue to press for a cessation of hostilities and for all parties to the conflict to respect and comply with respect international humanitarian law. \n \nThe Ukraine crisis is now becoming a global crisis of food security. At a time of great uncertainty and economic pressure, which is leading to increased costs of food and energy, humanitarian needs are growing across the world. It is essential that all international donors increase funding to meet the needs of people affected in all situations of crisis, so that no person is left wanting, and redoubling their efforts to prevent the multiplying and deepening crises that lead to such need.'} {'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': 'Extract from communication:\nWe welcome the attention of the Houses of the Oireachtas on this crisis and would urge Ireland together with its fellow members of the European Union and United Nations, to continue to press for a cessation of hostilities and for all parties to the conflict to respect and comply with respect international humanitarian law. \n \nThe Ukraine crisis is now becoming a global crisis of food security. At a time of great uncertainty and economic pressure, which is leading to increased costs of food and energy, humanitarian needs are growing across the world. It is essential that all international donors increase funding to meet the needs of people affected in all situations of crisis, so that no person is left wanting, and redoubling their efforts to prevent the multiplying and deepening crises that lead to such need.'}

Concern Worldwide

May–August

[Foreign Affairs] Crisis in the Horn of Africa and increased support required

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Colm Brophy', 'role': 'Minister of State for the Diaspora and Overseas Development Aid (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Concern Worldwide

September–December

[Public Expenditure and Reform] European Commission Humanitarian Aid budget

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Sean Fleming', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'}

Concern Worldwide

September–December

[Foreign Affairs] Prebudget submission and relevant materials relating to the importance of Ireland's ODA support

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': "A research paper on the world's humanitarian crises and the impact of Covid-19 on the world's poorest people."}

Concern Worldwide

January–April

[EU Affairs] Conflict, hunger and climate change - contributing to global hunger/EU policy positions

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Grace O'Sullivan", 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

Concern Worldwide

January–April

[EU Affairs] Conflict, hunger and climate change and humanitarian crises

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Ciarán Cuffe', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

Concern Worldwide

January–April

[EU Affairs] Conflict, hunger and climate change and the humanitarian conseuences

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': "Grace O'Sullivan", 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Ciarán Cuffe', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

Concern Worldwide

January–April

[EU Affairs] Conflict, climate change and hunger and the humanitarian impact of these major challenges

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mairead McGuinness', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

Concern Worldwide

May–August

[Foreign Affairs] Poverty Alleviation and the role of Ireland in overseas aid

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Colm Brophy', 'role': 'Minister of State for the Diaspora and Overseas Development Aid (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Concern Worldwide

May–August

[Foreign Affairs] Commitment to ODA in the programme for government 33rd Dail

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Climate Action, Communication Networks and Transport)'}

Concern Worldwide

September–December

[Finance] Prebudget submission - focusing on the protection and allocation of the overseas development aid budget

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Colm Brophy', 'role': 'Minister of State for the Diaspora and Overseas Development Aid (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Climate Action, Communication Networks and Transport)'} + 3 more

Concern Worldwide

September–December

[Foreign Affairs] Prebudget submission and relevant materials relating to the importance of Ireland's ODA support

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Submission All TDs', 'role': 'Email outlining the importance of ODA and the key areas for consideration in considering the ODA budget for 2021.'}

Concern Worldwide

January–April

[Foreign Affairs] Meeting scheduling for informal meeting on ODA, Ireland's Security Council bid, development issues

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Brendan Rogers', 'role': 'Deputy Secretary General (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Ruairí de Búrca', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Geraldine Byrne Nason', 'role': 'Second Secretary General (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Concern Worldwide

January–April

[Foreign Affairs] Invitation to address Concern's Board

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Brendan Rogers', 'role': 'Deputy Secretary General (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Ruairí de Búrca', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Lobbying Tracker

Most Lobbied TDs