Suas Educational Development (STAND)

Lobbying Organisation Suas Educational Development

Date published 16 Sep, 2025

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Foreign Affairs

Period 1 May, 2025 to 31 Aug, 2025

Specific Details Occupied Territories BIll and Ireland joining the Hague group

Intended results (1) Members of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade deciding to bring forward (in full) the ‘Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025’ & (2) Irish Parliament deciding for Ireland to join the Hague Group

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Nina Sachau

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Letter (1)

(1) Letter from STAND to the members of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade on the progression of the ‘Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025’.

Letter (1)

(2) Co-signing a letter from civil society organisations calling for Ireland to join the Hague Group (to TDs and Senators)

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

John Lahart TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Cathy Bennett Councillor (Monaghan County Council)

Brian Brennan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Shay Brennan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Noel McCarthy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ken O'Flynn TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Duncan Smith TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)