ActionAid Ireland

Lobbying Organisation ActionAid Ireland

Date published 20 Sep, 2018

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Foreign Affairs

Period 1 May, 2018 to 31 Aug, 2018

Specific Details Informal chat with Minister Simon Harris at NWCI annual event, where we mentioned our concept note for FGM work in Ireland and Minister Harris provided his email address and asked to receive a copy

Intended results Support for our work on FGM in Ireland

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Triona Pender, Head of Programmes

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.

Informal communication (2-5)

Following an informal chat with Minister Simon Harris at NWCI annual event, he was interested in ActionAid's work on FGM in Ireland and provided his email address. We then emailed Minister Simon Harris with concept note for support on FGM work in Ireland from AAIreland.

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.

Simon Harris Minister (Department of Health)