DOCHAS - THE IRISH ASSOCIATION OF NON- GOVERNMENTAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATIONS

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

Date published 29 Aug, 2019

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Foreign Affairs

Period 1 May, 2019 to 31 Aug, 2019

Specific Details Budget 2020

Intended results Increase in overseas aid Budget 2019

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

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 (2-5)

Letter requesting a meeting before Budget 2020 to discuss: Increase Ireland’s ODA commitment by no less than 0.05% in Budget 2020, allowing us to move to a total of 0.44% of GNI* in 2020. To publish a roadmap to reaching 0.7% of GNI*, which illustrates a year on year percentage increase to ensure we reach 0.7% by 2025, which is the surest way to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.

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.

Paschal Donohoe Minister (Department of Finance)

Simon Coveney Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Ciarán Cannon Minister of State for the Diaspora and Overseas Development Aid (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Micheál Martin Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)