Plan International Ireland (Plan International Ireland)

Lobbying Organisation Plan International Ireland

Date published 25 Apr, 2022

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Education and Training

Period 1 Jan, 2022 to 30 Apr, 2022

Specific Details Request for twitter follows to sign PII petition calling on the Government to implement an emergency reform of the RSE curriculum in line with international best practice in a tweet to Helen McEntee

Intended results It to be brought to the attention of The Minister for Justice and her followers

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Katie Drea

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.

Social Media (2-5)

One tweet thread as follows; We support the Minster for Justice @HMcEntee announcement on the creation of a new agency to oversee the state's response to domestic, sexual and gender-based violence. We must ensure that women's voices are heard. https://irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/state-s-response-to-domestic-and-sexual-violence-to-be-overseen-by-new-agency-1.4802347 via @IrishTimes Next tweet in the thread; But resolving gender-based issues takes time to make an impact. An end to gender-based violence starts with education. See our petition calling for a reform of the RSE curriculum: https://plan.ie/end-gender-based-violence

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.

Helen McEntee Minister (Department of Justice)