Trócaire

Lobbying Organisation Trócaire

Date published 21 Jan, 2020

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Foreign Affairs

Period 1 Sep, 2019 to 31 Dec, 2019

Specific Details Highlighting human rights issues in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories and encouraging support for passage of the Occupied Territories Bill

Intended results Passage of the Occupied Territories Bill

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Caoimhe de Barra

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? Yes

What is the directive you gave to the grassroots campaigners? Grassroots campaigners were asked to ask their representatives what they were doing to support the passage of the Occupied Territories Bill

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Meeting (2-5)

Meetings with Frances Black on progressing the Occupied Territories Bill

Email (1)

Email to Ivana Bacik to brief on a visit to Ireland of Trócaire partners from Gaza

Email (6-10)

Emails with Frances Black on progressing the Occupied Territories Bill

Email (2-5)

Emails to representatives requesting their support to the Occupied Territories Bill

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.

Frances Black Senator (Seanad)

Ivana Bacik Senator (Seanad)

Seán Crowe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

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

Niall Collins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Brendan Smith TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Noel Grealish TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)