Irish Refugee Council

Lobbying Organisation Irish Refugee Council

Date published 30 Jun, 2016

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area EU Affairs

Period 1 Jan, 2016 to 30 Apr, 2016

Specific Details European Council meeting about proposed EU Turkey Deal - 17th and 18th March 2016

Intended results That Ireland would not support the propsed EU Turkey deal That Ireland would not sign up the propsed EU Turkey deal

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Sue Conlan, CEO

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

Mass communications

Email All Oireachtas Members

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (1)

The purpose of this communications was to ask all political representative to ensure that Ireland did not sign up to the proposed agreement with Turkey at the meeting of the European Council which would see Ireland acting in contravention of its international obligations to protect refugees.

Designated public officials lobbied

There were no DPOs directly lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area.