Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Lobbying Organisation Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Date published 03 Jan, 2019

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Foreign Affairs

Period 1 Sep, 2018 to 31 Dec, 2018

Specific Details Letter re: Taoiseach's Double standards and Ireland’s human rights obligations re: Palestine and Israel

Intended results To inform the Taoiseach about why an answer he gave in the Dail toa question about Gaza was flawed in it's outlook

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Fatin Al Tamimi

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)

A letter was sent from the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign to An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar concerned an exchange in the Dail between himself and Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett. We believe that An Taoiseach displayed worrying double standards during this debate, and we hope that this letter is a useful backgrounder for future exchanges on the subject of human rights violations and war crimes perpetrated on the Palestinian people. The full text of the email is online here: https://www.ipsc.ie/apartheid/taoiseachs-double-standards-and-irelands-human-rights-obligations-re-palestine-and-israel

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)