Irish Family Planning Association

Lobbying Organisation Irish Family Planning Association

Date published 20 Sep, 2019

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 May, 2019 to 31 Aug, 2019

Specific Details Discuss national policy on female genital mutilation

Intended results Commitment to a inter-departmental national action plan to address female genital mutilation

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Alison Spillane

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.

Letter (1)

Letter to An Taoiseach on behalf of the NGO Steering Committee on FGM seeking information on government plans to establish an inter-agency committee to address the practice of FGM.

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.

Leo Varadkar Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)

Catherine Byrne Minister of State (Department of Health)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)