Overwatch Report

Oxfam Ireland

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Correspondence with Senator Kelleher on family reunification legislation

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Colette Kelleher', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Oxfam Ireland

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Meeting with Senator Kelleher on refugee family reunification legislation

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Colette Kelleher', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Oxfam Ireland

January–April

[Foreign Affairs] Provided information on the Haiti Safeguarding issue and stating that Oxfam Ireland had no direct involvement nor were funds from Ireland implicated

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Ruairi deBurca', 'role': 'Director General (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Oxfam Ireland

January–April

[Foreign Affairs] Request to meet.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Aodhán Ó Ríordáin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Oxfam Ireland

January–April

[Foreign Affairs] Issued an update on the issue related to Safeguarding in an humanitarian crisis and emphasised Oxfam Ireland's zero tolerance to abuse.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mary Lou McDonald', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Catherine Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Róisín Shortall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Maureen O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Charlie Flanagan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 15 more

Oxfam Ireland

January–April

[Foreign Affairs] To confirm attendance at the review of the Irish Aid Report and be available to answer questions on safeguarding, if required.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Ruairi deBurca', 'role': 'Director General (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Oxfam Ireland

January–April

[Foreign Affairs] To request contributions to the Dail Debate on the JCFAT report "Review of the Irish Aid Programme" and to speak on the critical role played by Ireland's ODA i.e. on the challenges and opportunities ahead.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Richard Boyd Barrett', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mick Wallace', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Clare Daly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Brendan Howlin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Sean Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Lower House of the Oireachtas)'} + 9 more

Oxfam Ireland

January–April

[Foreign Affairs] At invitation of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence attended the review of the Irish Aid report

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Ruairi deBurca', 'role': 'Director General (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Oxfam Ireland

January–April

[Finance] Correspondance with Minister Donohoe concerning reform of Ireland's corporate tax system

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)'}

Oxfam Ireland

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Communication with parliamentarians on refugee family reunification and asking them to support an amendment to the International Protection Act 2015

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Dara Calleary', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Michael Moynihan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Charlie McConalogue', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Niamh Smyth', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 17 more

Oxfam Ireland

May–August

[Foreign Affairs] Circulation of Oxfam Ireland's analysis on the European Commission's proposal of the Multinational Financial Framework. Five concerns were outlined and recommendations to address these included.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Niall Collins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Seán Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Brendan Howlin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Oxfam Ireland

May–August

[Foreign Affairs] Circulation of two Oxfam aid policy documents - a briefing on ODA and Oxfam Ireland's submission to the JCFAT in their review of Irish Aid - ahead of a Dáil Debate discussing the JCFAT's review of Irish Aid

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Richard Boyd Barrett', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mick Wallace', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Clare Daly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Brendan Howlin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Seán Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 8 more

Oxfam Ireland

May–August

[Foreign Affairs] Invitation to Deputy Niall Collins to have a meeting to brief him on Oxfam Ireland's programme, humanitarian and Advocacy portfolio.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Niall Collins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Oxfam Ireland

May–August

[Foreign Affairs] Dissemination of Oxfam report on the EU Trust Fund for Africa to Senator Ivana Bacik

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Oxfam Ireland

May–August

[Foreign Affairs] Dissemination of Oxfam 'Nowhere But Out' report, which details the situation experience by migrants and asylum seekers on the French-Italian border

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Lynn Boylan', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Brian Hayes', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Marian Harkin', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Mairead McGuinness', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Liadh Ní Riada', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Nessa Childers', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

Oxfam Ireland

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Communications with Senator Colette Kelleher on refugee family reunification legislative amendment

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Colette Kelleher', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Oxfam Ireland

May–August

[Finance] Invitation to Senators Higgins, Dolan, Kelleher and O'Sullivan to a Tax Justice Network Ireland event on corporate tax avoidance in Ireland

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John Dolan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Alice-Mary Higgins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': "Grace O'Sullivan", 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Colette Kelleher', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Oxfam Ireland

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Meeting with Senator Colette Kelleher and Fiona O'Loughlin TD to discuss refugee family reunification legislative amendment

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Colette Kelleher', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': "Fiona O'Loughlin", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Oxfam Ireland

May–August

[Foreign Affairs] Share Oxfam analysis on the European Commission's proposal for the Multiannual Financial Framework

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Tony McLoughlin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Seán Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Sean D. Barrett', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': "Maureen O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Brendan Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} + 25 more

Oxfam Ireland

May–August

[Taxation] Distributed briefing paper on proposals to reform corporate tax policy and issued invite to attend briefing event

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Oxfam Ireland

May–August

[Taxation] Presentation on proposals to reform corporate tax policy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Pearse Doherty', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Oxfam Ireland

September–December

[Foreign Affairs] Dissemination of Oxfam Ireland's submission to the Irish Aid White Paper consultation process to Senator Ivana Bacik

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Oxfam Ireland

September–December

[Budgetary matters] Sent Oxfam Ireland Pre Budget Submission for information and influencing purposes.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}

Oxfam Ireland

September–December

[Foreign Affairs] Dinner meeting discussion with 3 visiting Malawian female politicans on 11th September

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Ruairí de Búrca', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': "Maureen O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Alice-Mary Higgins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Oxfam Ireland

September–December

[Budgetary matters] To inform on Oxfam Ireland pre budget submission and encourage the government to maintain a focus on: official Development Assistance, Corporate Tax Reform and achieving Gender Justice

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Seán Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Brendan Howlin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Roisin Shorthall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Niall Collins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Catherine Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paul Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 18 more

Oxfam Ireland

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Correspondence and meeting with Senator Colette Kelleher on the International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill 2017

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Colette Kelleher', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Oxfam Ireland

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Meeting with Fiona O'Loughlin TD on the International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill 2017

Public Officials Lobbied

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

Oxfam Ireland

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Correspondence on the current challenges for refugees in reunifying with their families and requesting Fianna Fáil support for legislative change

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Timmy Dooley', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Charlie McConalogue', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Jim O'Callaghan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Oxfam Ireland

September–December

[Foreign Affairs] Oxfam Ireland appearance in front of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade on the future of EU development funds

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Seán Barrett', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Niall Collins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Seán Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Noel Grealish', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Tony McLoughlin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Maureen O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 5 more

Oxfam Ireland

September–December

[Foreign Affairs] Meeting with Senator Lawlor to discuss the future of Ireland's aid budget and the commitment to reach 0.7% by 2030

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Anthony Lawlor', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

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