Irish Development Education Association

Lobbying Organisation Irish Development Education Association

Date published 20 Jan, 2023

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Local Government

Period 1 Sep, 2022 to 31 Dec, 2022

Specific Details Seeking Dublin City Council support for the Dublin Learning City to join an EU DEAR project

Intended results Letter of support from Dublin City Council for Dublin Learning City to join an EU Development Education Awareness Raising (DEAR) Project as a partner

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Emer Costello

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?) Yes

Current or Former Designated Public Official(s)

Emer Costello (Former DPO) MEP (European Parliament)

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 (2-5)

Request to Richard Shakespeare to support Dublin Learning City join the EU Dear Project to be co-ordinated by the Netherlands. There was no financial commitment from the Council required to join this project.

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 Shakespeare Director of Services or Equivalent (Dublin City Council)