Plan International Ireland (Plan International Ireland)

Lobbying Organisation Plan International Ireland

Date published 19 Sep, 2019

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Foreign Affairs

Period 1 May, 2019 to 31 Aug, 2019

Specific Details Letter to Minister Bruton to express concern that Education does not appear in the new Zero Draft of the UN HLPF Political Declaration

Intended results Raise Government awareness to ensure that Education in included in such policies

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Barbara Scettri, Programmes Manager

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)

The email was sent by the Irish Forum for Global Education and signed, among the others by Plan International as member. Response from Minister Bruton assistant was: 'Your correspondence has been brought to the attention of the Minister. However, as the matter raised by you is relevant to the Department of Education and Skills, I have forwarded your correspondence to Minister Joe McHugh for his attention.'

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.

Richard Bruton Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)