Trócaire

Lobbying Organisation Trócaire

Date published 19 May, 2017

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Trade

Period 1 Jan, 2017 to 30 Apr, 2017

Specific Details CETA

Intended results Thanking those who voted against CETA in February, and emphasising rejection of ratification of any agreement which has ISDS/ICS.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Niamh Garvey

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.

Email (1)

Follow up correspondence with Irish MEPs who are substitute members of CONT committee on the CETA vote in European Parliament on 15th February on provisional application of CETA, sharing our view that the ratification of any agreement which has ISDS/ICS should be rejected.

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.

Matt Carthy MEP (European Parliament)

Lynn Boylan MEP (European Parliament)

Nessa Childers MEP (European Parliament)

Luke "Ming" Flanagan MEP (European Parliament)

Brian Hayes MEP (European Parliament)

Marian Harkin MEP (European Parliament)

Liadh Ní Riada MEP (European Parliament)

Bríd Smith TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)