DOCHAS - THE IRISH ASSOCIATION OF NON- GOVERNMENTAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATIONS

Lobbying Organisation DOCHAS - THE IRISH ASSOCIATION OF NON- GOVERNMENTAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATIONS

Date published 18 Jan, 2018

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Foreign Affairs

Period 1 Sep, 2017 to 31 Dec, 2017

Specific Details Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs review of the Irish Aid programme

Intended results To ensure a continuined committement to growing Ireland's Overseas Aid programme To ensure the committee understood the role of Irish NGOs in delivering Irish Aid's programme To ensure the committee understood the need for Irish Aid's programme to remain needs based and human rights focused To ensure Irish Aid expenditure is directed to the channels where it'll be most effectively spent

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Suzanne Keatinge and Louise Finan

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.

Submission (2-5)

Dochas submitted four submissions to the Joint Committee of Foreign Affairs and Trade for their review and consideration. Submissions can be found online http://www.dochas.ie/sites/default/files/D%C3%B3chas%20Submission%20to%20JCFATD_131017_Final.pdf http://www.dochas.ie/sites/default/files/D%C3%B3chas%20Disability%20Working%20Group%20submission%2013th%20October%202017%20FINAL.pdf http://www.dochas.ie/sites/default/files/D%C3%B3chas%20Humanitarian%20Aid%20Working%20Group%20submission%20to%20the%20JCFATD%20FINALfinal.pdf http://dochas.ie/sites/default/files/D%C3%B3chas%20Development%20Education%20Working%20Group%20Submisson%20to%20JCFATD%202017%20FINAL_0.pdf

Meeting (1)

On the basis of the written submission Dochas was invited to present oral evidence to the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs Trade and Defence.

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.

Seán Crowe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Maureen O'Sullivan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ivana Bacik Senator (Seanad)

Darragh O'Brien TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Noel Grealish TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Tony McLoughlin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Brendan Smith TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mark Daly Senator (Seanad)

Billy Lawless Senator (Seanad)

Gabrielle McFadden Senator (Seanad)

Seán Barrett TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)