Overwatch Report

CBM Ireland

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Following the recent launch of The National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People 2025-2030, CBM Ireland has reached out to Minister Hildegarde Naughton, highlighting some critical gaps in the strategy and advocating for the inclusion of Article 32 of UNCRPD and acknowledging the need for applying the whole of government approach, such as the role of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade as a stakeholder.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Hildegarde Naughton', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}

CBM Ireland

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Letter to Michael Moynihan TD, Cathaoirleach, Joint Committee on Disability Matters on the occasion of the Committee's report entitled ' Towards harmonisation of national legislation with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities', which expresses CBM Ireland and CBM Global's support to the Committee's recommendations and offers technical support from our side.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael Moynihan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

CBM Ireland

May–August

[EU Affairs] Asking Irish government in promoting and helping to secure a much-needed increase in the EU 2025 humanitarian budget.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'} {'name': 'Jack Chambers', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Sean Fleming', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

CBM Ireland

September–December

[Foreign Affairs] Letter to all TDs and Senators

Public Officials Lobbied

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

CBM Ireland

January–April

[Foreign Affairs] Letter to Mr. Micheál Martin, TD underscoring disability inclusive and accessible reconstruction and recovery of Ukraine

Public Officials Lobbied

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

CBM Ireland

January–April

[Foreign Affairs] Letter to Mr. Leo Varadkar, TD, An Taoiseach, underscoring disability inclusive and accessible reconstruction and recovery of Ukraine

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'}

CBM Ireland

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Letter to Ms. Anne Rabbitte, TD underscoring disability inclusive and accessible reconstruction and recovery of Ukraine

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}

CBM Ireland

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Letter to Mr. Roderic O'Gorman, TD underscoring disability inclusive and accessible reconstruction and recovery of Ukraine

Public Officials Lobbied

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

CBM Ireland

January–April

[Foreign Affairs] Letter to Mr. Michael Gaffey, DG Irish Aid underscoring disability inclusive and accessible reconstruction and recovery of Ukraine

Public Officials Lobbied

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

CBM Ireland

May–August

[Foreign Affairs] Letter to Mr. Micheál Martin, TD underscoring the importance of disability inclusion in SDG Political Declaration and Inclusive SDG Summit

Public Officials Lobbied

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

CBM Ireland

September–December

[EU Affairs] A joint letter from Irish NGOs, co-signed by CBM Ireland, to Ireland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence and copying the other DPOs listed below asking for the continued support of the Irish government in securing an increase in the EU’s humanitarian budget from 2024.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Peter Burke', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Sean Fleming', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

CBM Ireland

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Email to Oireachtas Joint Committee on Disability Matters

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael Moynihan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

CBM Ireland

January–April

[Foreign Affairs] Letter to Minister Simon Coveney Minister for Foreign Affairs & Trade regarding Global Disability Summit and UNSC resolution 2475

Public Officials Lobbied

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

CBM Ireland

January–April

[Children and Youth Affairs] Letter to Minister Anne Rabbitte Minister of State at the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and at the Department of Health

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}

CBM Ireland

January–April

[Foreign Affairs] Letter to Ruairi de Burca DIrector General Irish Aid

Public Officials Lobbied

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

CBM Ireland

September–December

[Foreign Affairs] Letter to Irish Aid Director General requesting meeting with CBM Ireland and World Federation of the Deaf resulting in meeting 27 October 2022

Public Officials Lobbied

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

CBM Ireland

January–April

[Foreign Affairs] Letter to Ambassador Byrne Nason dated 18 January 2021 to request she meet with representatives of the International Disability Alliance in New York

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Geraldine Byrne Nason', 'role': 'Second Secretary General (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

CBM Ireland

September–December

[Foreign Affairs] 1. Letter to Ambassador Geraldine Byrne Nason to mark Ireland's Presidency of the UN Security Council. 2. Letter to Minister Simon Coveney, Minister for Foreign Affairs & Trade requesting meeting with him and members of the Ireland COP26 delegation i

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Geraldine Byrne Nason', 'role': 'Second Secretary General (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

CBM Ireland

January–April

[Foreign Affairs] Disability Inclusive Development

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'}

CBM Ireland

May–August

[Foreign Affairs] Meetings with members of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs & Trade (JCFAT)

Public Officials Lobbied

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

CBM Ireland

May–August

[Foreign Affairs] Disability in International Development

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Maureen O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Dolan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Danny Healy-Rae', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ciaran Cannon', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Finan McGrath', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Social Protection)'} {'name': 'Michael Kitt', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 9 more

CBM Ireland

September–December

[Foreign Affairs] Meeting on CBM submission to Joint Oireacthas committee meeting

Public Officials Lobbied

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

CBM Ireland

September–December

[Foreign Affairs] Meetings with Irish Aid to discuss Ireland's Overseas Development Aid Policy and the commitments to people with disabilities contained therein

Public Officials Lobbied

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

CBM Ireland

September–December

[Foreign Affairs] Meetings with members of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs & Trade (JCFAT)

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John Halligan', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': "Maureen O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ruairí Quinn', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Olivia Mitchell', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Seán Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Dan Neville', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 2 more

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