Overwatch Report

Amnesty International Ireland

May–August

[EU Affairs] Shared new Amnesty briefing setting out how European policies are failing refugees and migrants in the Central Mediterranean

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Amnesty International Ireland

May–August

[Local Government] Notified relevant advisers of our recommencing seeking amendment of the Electoral Act’s ‘third party’ provisions due to their incompatibility with civil society groups’ rights and freedoms, in light of the settlement of our judicial review proceedings against a decision by the Standards in Public Office Commission (SIPO) that a grant we received from the Open Society Foundations was a prohibited donation, and that this SIPO decision is now quashed

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Philip O'Callaghan", 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Chris Donoghue', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'KathyAnn Barrett', 'role': 'Adviser to Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Joanne Lonergan', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Patricia Ryan', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

September–December

[Health] Submission on General Scheme of Bill on Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mary Lou McDonald', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Louise O'Reilly", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

September–December

[Health] Submission on General Scheme of Bill on Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Amnesty International Ireland

September–December

[Health] Submission on General Scheme of Bill on Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Amnesty International Ireland

September–December

[Health] Submission on General Scheme of Bill on Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Alan Kelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Brendan Howlin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

September–December

[Health] Amnesty Ireland submission on the Updated General Scheme of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''}

Amnesty International Ireland

September–December

[Health] Meeting on General Scheme of Bill on Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Amnesty International Ireland

September–December

[Health] Meeting on General Scheme of Bill on Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

September–December

[Health] Seeking meeting with Minister for Health on General Scheme of Bill on Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Joanne Lonergan', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'KathyAnn Barrett', 'role': 'Adviser to Minister (Department of Health)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

September–December

[Health] Meeting with Minister for Health on meeting with Minister for Health on General Scheme of Bill on Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Amnesty International Ireland

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Development of Government's proposed community sponsorship programme for refugees

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Amnesty International Ireland

September–December

[Health] Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill at Seanad stage

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Alice-Mary Higgins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Colette Kelleher', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Lynn Ruane', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

September–December

[Foreign Affairs] Upcoming EU Foreign Affairs Council Conclusions on Afghanistan and Geneva Ministerial Conference on Afghanistan

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Amnesty International Ireland

September–December

[Health] Seanad stage of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Amnesty International Ireland

September–December

[Health] Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill at Seanad stage

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paul Gavan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Lorraine Clifford-Lee', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Catherine Noone', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

January–April

[Foreign Affairs] Irish prisoner of conscience in Egypt, Ibrahim Halawa, in advance of delegation of TDs visiting Egypt and Ibrahim

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Noel Grealish', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Seán Ó Fearghaíl', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

January–April

[Health] Ireland's abortion laws and the government-established Citizens' Assembly

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Amnesty International Ireland

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Individual case of interest to Amnesty International - non-EEA family reunification application

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Amnesty International Ireland

January–April

[Foreign Affairs] Transmission of Amnesty International report on human rights violations in Saydnaya Prison, Syria, to Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Brendan Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Maureen O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

January–April

[Foreign Affairs] Letter outlining our concerns at US President Trump’s Executive Order “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States” and seeking action by Irish Government

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Enda Kenny', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)'} {'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

January–April

[Health] Sharing copy of AI's submission to Citizens' Assembly on reform of Ireland's abortion laws

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Amnesty International Ireland

January–April

[Local Government] Electoral Act 1995 as amended as it applies to 'third parties' and the ability of civil society organisations to raise funds for human rights work

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Caitriona Fitzpatrick', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

May–August

[Health] Ownership and control of National Maternity Hospital by religious congregation

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Amnesty International Ireland

May–August

[Foreign Affairs] Communication in advance of debate at EU General Affairs Council regarding the situation in Poland

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Dara Murphy', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Enda Kenny', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

May–August

[Foreign Affairs] US President Trump’s Executive Orders

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

May–August

[Social Protection] Gender Recognition (Amendment) Bill 2017

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Senators', 'role': ''}

Amnesty International Ireland

May–August

[Local Government] Electoral Act 1997 as amended in 2001 re third parties

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Bob Jordan', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

May–August

[Health] Joint Oireachtas Committee on the 8th Amendment and abortion law reform

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'James Browne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

May–August

[Foreign Affairs] Amnesty International's Global Briefing - "Human rights defenders under threat: A shrinking space for civil society"

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)'} {'name': 'Dara Murphy', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Lobbying Tracker

Most Lobbied TDs