Uplift

Lobbying Organisation Uplift

Date published 16 Sep, 2024

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Foreign Affairs

Period 1 May, 2024 to 31 Aug, 2024

Specific Details Ministers were emailed asking that Ireland acts immediately to pressure Israel from rejecting ceasefire negoations and continuing to attack Rafah in Gaza. The Minister for Sate at the Department of Transport was asked that he would support a request to let the Freedom Flotilla be given a flag to sail under in order to deliver aid to Gaza.

Intended results That the Irish government would put pressure on the Israeli government not to reject ceasefire negotiations. That the Freedom Flotilla would be given a flag to sail under in order to deliver aid to Gaza.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Brian Cuthbert

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? Uplift members were asked to email Ministers

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Mass communications

Social Media All TDs 1 Social Media video calling on the Irish Government to end drone supply contracts with Israeli Military contractors.

Email All TDs Asking that the Irish Government end the trade in dual-use goods with Israel and payments to Israeli Military companies

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (100+)

5,092 emails were sent to DPOs by individual Uplift members.

Social Media (6-10)

8 social media posts in the form of videos asking the Irish Government to end drone supply contracts with Israeli military contractors and to end dual-use trade with Israel as well as asking the Taoiseach Simon Harris and Minister of Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin to do what they could do pass the Occupied Territories bill and encourage EU Ministers do the same in their countries.

Email (2-5)

An email was sent to to Minister Micheál Martin requesting a meeting to discuss cutting military-related trade with Israel. And an email was sent to Senator Alice-Mary Higgins asking that the government end dual-use trade with Israel.

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.

Micheál Martin Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Dara Calleary Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)

Peter Burke Minister of State (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Jack Chambers Minister of State (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)

Simon Harris An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)

Alice-Mary Higgins Senator (Seanad)