ActionAid Ireland

Lobbying Organisation ActionAid Ireland

Date published 14 Sep, 2023

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Foreign Affairs

Period 1 May, 2023 to 31 Aug, 2023

Specific Details Meeting with Sorca Clark, Matt Carthy and Reada Cronin

Intended results To inform on ActionAid's work on austerity and its impact on poverty levels in the global south.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Karol Balfe, CEO, ActionAid Ireland

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.

Meeting (1)

Meeting between Sorca Clark, Matt Carthy and Reada Cronin and Karol Balfe, CEO ActionAid Ireland and Wangari Kinoti ActionAid's Global Feminist Lead who was visiting Ireland from Kenya.

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.

Réada Cronin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Matt Carthy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Sorca Clarke TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)