Irish Family Planning Association

Lobbying Organisation Irish Family Planning Association

Date published 17 Jan, 2020

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Sep, 2019 to 31 Dec, 2019

Specific Details Discuss national policy on female genital mutilation

Intended results Commitment to an 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.

Email (1)

Follow-up email to An Taoiseach to correspondence sent in July

Letter (1)

Letter to Oireachtas members on behalf of the NGO Steering Committee on FGM seeking information on government plans to establish an interagency 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)

Charles Flanagan Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)

David Stanton Minister of State (Department of Justice and Equality)

Simon Harris Minister (Department of Health)

Catherine Byrne Minister of State (Department of Health)

Simon Coveney Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Katherine Zappone Minister (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)

Frances Fitzgerald MEP (European Parliament)

Mary Lou McDonald TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

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

Alan Kelly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ivana Bacik Senator (Seanad)

Alice-Mary Higgins Senator (Seanad)

Brendan Howlin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Micheál Martin Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

James Browne TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)