Fairtrade Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Fairtrade Ireland

Date published 19 May, 2020

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Food

Period 1 Jan, 2020 to 30 Apr, 2020

Specific Details Creation of support for various policies in support of Fairtrade, namely: use of income from from any cafe levies to support lving incomes for coffee farmers; review of VAT policies to ensure support for living incmes for cocoa farmers; the creation of a 'Fair and Social' Government procurement policy; support for climate change mitigation and livelihoods investment through Irish Aid; Government support for EU human rights due diligence (HRDD) legislation and reporting by multi-nationals.

Intended results Government support for the policies set out above in Specific details.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Peter Gaynor

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)

A document outlining how to achieve the outcomes listed above, 'The Government's Basket Needs More Fairtrade' was circulated to recipients. Other political parties were also contacted but did not have named people to send emails to.

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.

Brendan Howlin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

brendan smith TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

ciaran cannon TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

richard boyd barrett TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

sean crowe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)