Overwatch Report

Front Line Defenders

May–August

[Economic Development and Industry] Meeting with Minister for Development Minister Richmond on May 19th at his invitation

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Front Line Defenders

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Organisation of Front Line Defenders Award. Irish parliamentary Patrons of the Award include: Senator Malcolm Noonan, Senator Patricia Stephenson, Barry Ward TD, Cormac Devlin TD, Ivana Bacik TD, and Sean Crowe TD.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Malcolm Noonan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Patricia Stephenson', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Barry Ward', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Cormac Devlin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Seán Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Front Line Defenders

January–April

[Foreign Affairs] Support for human rights defenders from Gaza and their families

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Róisín Garvey', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Neasa Hourigan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Front Line Defenders

January–April

[Community] Charities (Amendment) Bill (2023)

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Joe O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Rural and Community Development)'}

Front Line Defenders

May–August

[Foreign Affairs] Support for human rights defenders from Gaza

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Róisín Garvey', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Front Line Defenders

September–December

[Community] Support for human rights defenders from Gaza (and their families)

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Front Line Defenders

January–April

[Foreign Affairs] Correspondence related to the security and protection of human rights defenders at risk

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Josepha Madigan', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Education)'} {'name': 'Hildegarde Naughton', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Transport)'}

Front Line Defenders

May–August

[Foreign Affairs] Correspondence relating to the security and protection of human rights defenders at risk

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Front Line Defenders

September–December

[Foreign Affairs] Meeting request

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Front Line Defenders

January–April

[Community] Interventions by elected representatives on the work of civil society organisations in Ireland.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': "Joe O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Rural and Community Development)'} {'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'}

Front Line Defenders

January–April

[Economic Development and Industry] Draft EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jennifer Whitmore', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Louise O'Reilly", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Thomas Pringle', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Maurice Quinlivan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Duncan Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Catherine Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 15 more

Front Line Defenders

May–August

[Community] Human rights defenders at risk in Afghanistan

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Front Line Defenders

May–August

[Foreign Affairs] 50th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC)

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Front Line Defenders

May–August

[Foreign Affairs] Invitation for Taoiseach to deliver a key note address at the Front Line Defenders Dublin Platform for Human Rights Defenders at Risk

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'}

Front Line Defenders

May–August

[Economic Development and Industry] EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (EU CSDDD)

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Robert Troy', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Front Line Defenders

September–December

[Foreign Affairs] Invitation for Minister to deliver a key note address at the Front Line Defenders Dublin Platform for Human Rights Defenders at Risk

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Front Line Defenders

September–December

[Economic Development and Industry] Draft EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CSDD) Directive

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Dara Calleary', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

Front Line Defenders

January–April

[Foreign Affairs] Correspondence relating to the security and protection of human rights defenders at risk

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Sonja Hyland', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Front Line Defenders

May–August

[Foreign Affairs] Killings and long-term detentions of human rights defenders

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Front Line Defenders

May–August

[Local Government] Electoral Reform Bill 2020

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Malcolm Noonan', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}

Front Line Defenders

September–December

[Foreign Affairs] Human rights defenders at risk in Afghanistan

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Front Line Defenders

September–December

[Foreign Affairs] Security and protection of human rights defenders at risk

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Front Line Defenders

September–December

[Community] The Charities Act 2009

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'James Browne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Justice)'} {'name': "Joe O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Rural and Community Development)'}

Front Line Defenders

September–December

[Economic Development and Industry] Launch of campaign for corporate accountability legislation in Ireland. Submission of 'Make it Your Business' report

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Robert Troy', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'}

Front Line Defenders

May–August

[Budgetary matters] Government Formation Talks and Ireland’s Proud History of International Aid

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Front Line Defenders

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Electoral Act, Charities Act and Electoral Commission

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Joe O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Rural and Community Development)'} {'name': 'Malcom Noonan', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}

Front Line Defenders

May–August

[Trade] Electoral Act, Charities Act and Electoral Commission

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Joe O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Rural and Community Development)'} {'name': 'Malcom Noonan', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}

Front Line Defenders

September–December

[Community] The Charities Act 2009

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Joe O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Rural and Community Development)'}

Front Line Defenders

September–December

[Foreign Affairs] Imprisonment of human rights defender and former Front Line Defenders staff member Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja in Bahrain

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Front Line Defenders

January–April

[Foreign Affairs] Correspondence relating to the security and protection of human rights defenders at risk

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Lobbying Tracker

Most Lobbied TDs