ActionAid Ireland

Lobbying Organisation ActionAid Ireland

Date published 16 Jan, 2020

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Foreign Affairs

Period 1 Sep, 2019 to 31 Dec, 2019

Specific Details Email and phone call with Aoife NiFhearghail from the Department of Foreign Affairs where she requested a briefing document regarding our FGM/C Prevention Programme in Cork and all other FGM/C related activities we engage in in AAI. The document contained 4 asks for Government from ActionAid Ireland regarding FGM/C policy reform.

Intended results We wish to inform the Minister of the work that we are doing on the issue of FGM/C and urge him to consider the FGM/C National Steering Committee's recommendations for the creation of the national action plan on FGM/C

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Sarah Jane Hennelly, Communications, Campaigns and Digital Coordinator at 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.

Email (2-5)

This was for submitting the briefing document to Aoife NiFhearghail who was working on behalf of Minister Simon Conveney.

Phone call (1)

This was an initial phonecall with Aoife NiFhearghail identifying the requirements of the briefing document required by the Minister for the FGM/C Programme event.

Event / Reception (1)

The briefing document was requested in advance of a Graduation Ceremony we hosted for the FGM/C Prevention programme participants which the Minister attended and officiated.

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.

Simon Coveney Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Simon Coveney TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Simon Coveney Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)