Irish Development Education Association

Lobbying Organisation Irish Development Education Association

Date published 20 May, 2016

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area EU Affairs

Period 1 Jan, 2016 to 30 Apr, 2016

Specific Details European Commission Development Education and Awareness Raising Grants Call

Intended results Irish Aid to request European Commission to amend grant call to enable more than application per organisation

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Frank Geary

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)

Correspondence with Irish Aid on April 28th calling on Irish Aid to communicate with the European Commission to revise DEAR call to enable organisations to submit more than one application

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.

Julian Clare Director (Department of Foreign Affairs)