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Lobbying Tracker

Who lobbies whom about what. Search Ireland's lobbying register to see who is influencing your TDs, ministers, and public officials — and on whose behalf.

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ActionAid Ireland
January–April
[Trade] Letter and calls to Tánaiste Leo Varadkar and Minister Paschal Donohoe outlining our position on public country-by-county reporting.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}
ActionAid Ireland
January–April
[Trade] A public petition calling on the Irish Government to support the public country-by-country reporting directive, grassroots lobbying targeting Tánaiste Leo Varadkar and Minister Paschal Donohoe
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
ActionAid Ireland
January–April
[Justice and Equality] A letter and email sent to the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth commending the government on the White Paper on Direct Provision and asking the government to adopt the recommendation of the Catherine Day Advisory Group to give permission for the right to remain to those people already two, or more, years in the system.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}
ActionAid Ireland
May–August
[Finance] We submitted a report to the Department of Finance on the public consultation for Ireland's tax treaties.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}
ActionAid Ireland
May–August
[Foreign Affairs] Letter to Simon Coveney asking him to support the Occupied Territories Bill
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
ActionAid Ireland
May–August
[Health] ActionAid were invited to speak about our work with regards to FGM in Ireland to the FGM Working Group of the Oireachtas Women's Caucus on July 7th, 2021. We were there to speak, along with our colleagues from AkiDwA and IFPA about the actions required for the elimination of FGM.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Marcella Corcoran Kennedy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
ActionAid Ireland
May–August
[Foreign Affairs] Letter to Minister Simon Coveney asking him to use his role in the UN General Assembly to continue to press for a ceasefire in Gaza, the immediate, safe, and unfettered movement of humanitarian and medical personnel, a halt on all illegal evictions in Palestine
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
ActionAid Ireland
May–August
[Foreign Affairs] In June we launched a petition targeting Simon Coveney asking the government to enact the Occupied Territories Bill.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
ActionAid Ireland
May–August
[Finance] We asked Pearse Doherty TD to ask the Minister for Finance a parliamentary question in relation to Ireland's tax breaks for multinational companies.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Pearse Doherty', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
ActionAid Ireland
May–August
[Foreign Affairs] In May we launched a petition asking our supporters to email Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney asking him to use his role in the UN General Assembly to continue to press for a ceasefire in Gaza, the immediate, safe, and unfettered movement of humanitarian and medical personnel, and halt on all illegal evictions in Palestine
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
ActionAid Ireland
September–December
[Foreign Affairs] A letter and follow-up email and phone call to an Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Leo Varadkar informing him of our campaign calling on the Irish government to ratify the International Labour Organisation Convention 190 calling for an end to violence and harassment in the world of work and to update Irish legislation to require companies to address sexual violence throughout their supply chain, including in other countries.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
ActionAid Ireland
September–December
[Foreign Affairs] Emails sent to two TDs and one Senator to highlight the ActionAid report the "People Versus Austerity"
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Alice-Mary Higgins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': "Cian O'Callaghan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
ActionAid Ireland
September–December
[Justice and Equality] Invitation to Minister Roderic O'Gorman to speak at the Amplify Our Voices conference and highlighting the main points of the conference
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}
ActionAid Ireland
January–April
[Health] We developed an online petition to garner public support to end FGM in Ireland and abroad by 2030. This would involve the creation of a national steering committee on FGM and the development of an National Action Plan on FGM in Ireland
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Holly Cairns (Currently employed as a DPO)', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Gary Gannon (Currently employed as a DPO)', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Tara Deacy (Currently employed as a DPO)', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'catherine murphy (Former DPO)', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Carly Bailey (Currently employed as a DPO)', 'role': 'Councillor (South Dublin County Council)'} {'name': 'Ivana Bacik (Currently employed as a DPO)', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} + 6 more
ActionAid Ireland
May–August
[Health] We contacted every TD and Senator in the Oireachtas via email to ask them if they would support our call the end FGM in Ireland by 2030. This would involve supporting the establishment of a National Action Plan on FGM in Ireland. We asked them to either respond to us directly via email or to tweet about their support on Twitter.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Colm Brophy', 'role': 'Minister of State for the Diaspora and Overseas Development Aid (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Colm Burke', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Peter Burke', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'} {'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Thomas Byrne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jackie Cahill', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 203 more
ActionAid Ireland
May–August
[Finance] On the 23rd of June 2020 Sarah Jane Hennelly, ActionAid Ireland Communications, Campaigns & Digital Coordinator submitted 4 parliamentary questions to Deputy Roisin Shortall which were to be addressed to the Minister for Finance. The questions were the following: 1. Does the government support the recommendation by The UN Special Rapporteur on Foreign Debt that the IMF conduct a Human Rights Impact Assessment including a gender analysis before and after each program it agrees to with
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Róisín Shorthall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
ActionAid Ireland
September–December
[Foreign Affairs] Emails sent to Cian O'Callaghan TD to ask him to ask a Parliamentary Question on the government's commitment to preserving the ODA budget in Budget 2021
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Cian O'Callaghan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
ActionAid Ireland
September–December
[Health] A letter to Minister Donnelly asking him to commit to the development and implementation of a National Action Plan on Female Genital Mutilation
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}
ActionAid Ireland
September–December
[Health] Email to supporters asking them to tweet Minister Donnelly to urgently commit to the development and implementation of a National Action Plan on Female Genital Mutilation
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}
ActionAid Ireland
September–December
[Foreign Affairs] Letter to Tánaiste Leo Varadkar asking him to ratify ILO Convention 190
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
ActionAid Ireland
September–December
[Health] Emails to Neasa Hourigan TD to ask a parliamentary question to the government relating to the National Action Plan to End FGM
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Neasa Hourigan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
ActionAid Ireland
September–December
[Health] We contacted every TD and Senator in the Oireachtas via email to ask them if they would support our call the end FGM in Ireland by 2030. This would involve supporting the establishment of a National Action Plan on FGM in Ireland. We asked them to either respond to us directly via email or to tweet about their support on Twitter. (This return was originally filed for May - August 2020; however, the activity took place at the beginning of September 2020).
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''}
ActionAid Ireland
January–April
[Foreign Affairs] ActionAid staff met with TDs to discuss human rights abuses and environmental protections.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': "Maureen O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Seán Barrett', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Catherine Martin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
ActionAid Ireland
May–August
[EU Affairs] Following a parliamentary question by MEP Matt Carthy on female genital mutilation (FGM), we sent an email update on our work to-date on ending FGM in Ireland.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Matt Carthy', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}
ActionAid Ireland
September–December
[Foreign Affairs] Email, letter and phonecall asking Ministers Charlie Flanagan and Heather Humphreys to ratify the ILO Convention to end violence and harassment in the world of work.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)'} {'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
ActionAid Ireland
September–December
[Foreign Affairs] Grassroots lobbying assisting our supporters to ask Ministers Charlie Flanagan and Heather Humphreys to ratify the ILO Convention to end violence and harassment in the world of work.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)'} {'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'}
ActionAid Ireland
September–December
[Foreign Affairs] Invitations to Ministers, Senators and Councillors to our Culture Night event on 20th September
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Marie Sherlock', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'} {'name': 'Mary Lou McDonald', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Maureen O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} + 11 more
ActionAid Ireland
September–December
[Foreign Affairs] Email and phone call with Aoife NiFhearghail from the Department of Foreign Affairs where she requested a briefing document regarding our FGM/C Prevention Programme in Cork and all other FGM/C related activities we engage in in AAI. The document contained 4 asks for Government from ActionAid Ireland regarding FGM/C policy reform.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}
ActionAid Ireland
January–April
[Foreign Affairs] Email to Irish MEPs to invite them to a FEMM Committee meeting in Brussels on 21st Feb
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Brian Hayes', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Nessa Childers', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Lynn Boylan', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Matt Carthy', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Luke "Ming" Flanagan', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Mairead McGuinness', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} + 4 more
ActionAid Ireland
January–April
[Foreign Affairs] ActionAid Ireland launched the findings and recommendations from our Against Female Genital Mutilation / Cutting Through Empowerment and Rejection (AFTER) project.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Catherine Martin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'David Stanton', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Justice and Equality)'} {'name': 'Lynn Boylan', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Nessa Childers', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Brian Hayes', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Matt Carthy', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} + 11 more
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