Trócaire

Lobbying Organisation Trócaire

Date published 19 May, 2017

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Foreign Affairs

Period 1 Jan, 2017 to 30 Apr, 2017

Specific Details Irish policy with respect to the occupied Palestinian territories

Intended results Accountability for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law violations in the occupied Palestinian territories Irish recognition of the State of Palestine

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Éamonn Meehan

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 (2-5)

Email sent to Darragh O'Brien and Sean Crowe sharing a report on forced displacement and on pension investments in illegal settlements.

Meeting (1)

Meeting with Noel Rock on issue of human rights abuses in occupied Palestinian territories

Meeting (1)

Met with members of Fine Gael (Deputy Martin Heydon, Senator Martin Conway, Deputy Joe O'Reilly and Deputy Tony McLoughlin) to brief them on human rights abuses in the occupied Palestinian territories.

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.

Darragh O'Brien TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Crowe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Noel Rock TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Martin Heydon TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Martin Conway Senator (Seanad)

Joe O'Reilly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Tony McLoughlin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)