Trócaire

Lobbying Organisation Trócaire

Date published 21 Jan, 2024

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Foreign Affairs

Period 1 Sep, 2023 to 31 Dec, 2023

Specific Details Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory

Intended results Justice, poverty relief and respect for human rights

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Caoimhe de Barra

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? Yes

What is the directive you gave to the grassroots campaigners? Campaigners asked to contact their local TDs to call for the protection of civilians across Israel and Palestine, including an immediate end to hostilities and violations of international law and human rights, the creation of humanitarian corridors to allow the safe passage of humanitarian personnel and relief items throughout all of the Gaza Strip, the immediate release and return of hostages and those arbitrarily detained, the agreement of a ceasefire and the holding to account of those deemed to have committed war crimes under international law.

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Mass communications

Email All Oireachtas Members Condemning violations of international humanitarian law by Hamas and Israel, calling for an immediate ceasefire and for access for humanitarian aid.

Email All Oireachtas Members Updating Oireachtas on violations of international humanitarian law with updates from civil society partners.

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Meeting (1)

Meeting with Senator Frances Black on situation in oPt-I

Email (2-5)

Email to Irish MEPs about meeting with Trócaire partners in Brussels

Meeting (1)

Presented to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence on the situation in Gaza along with a range of global justice issues, including climate finance.

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.

Billy Kelleher MEP (European Parliament)

Barry Andrews MEP (European Parliament)

Frances Black Senator (Seanad)

Charles Flanagan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Barry Cowen TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Matt Carthy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Réada Cronin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

David Stanton TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Catherine Ardagh Senator (Seanad)

Joe O'Reilly Senator (Seanad)