Irish Family Planning Association

Lobbying Organisation Irish Family Planning Association

Date published 17 Jan, 2020

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Sep, 2019 to 31 Dec, 2019

Specific Details National and international policy on sexual and reproductive health and rights

Intended results Commitment to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights at national and international levels

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Maeve Taylor

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.

Submission (1)

Pre-budget submission on Official Development Assistance

Meeting (2-5)

1 x meeting to discuss ICPD +25 preparations 1 x meeting during Nairobi Summit on ICPD +25 1 x meeting with the All Party Oireachtas Interest Group on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights.

Email (2-5)

Emails relating to the implementation of SRHR commitments made in A Better World and at the Nairobi Summit on ICPD +25

Email (1)

Sharing information about SRHR in the EU

Event / Reception (2-5)

Briefing for Oireachtas members about Guttmacher-Lancet Commission on SRHR Participation of Oireachtas members in IFPA Civil Society Dialogue on SRHR

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 Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Seán Crowe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Maureen O'Sullivan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ivana Bacik Senator (Seanad)

Patricia Ryan Special Adviser (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)

Jan O'Sullivan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Frances Fitzgerald MEP (European Parliament)

Clare Daly MEP (European Parliament)

Mick Wallace MEP (European Parliament)

Grace O'Sullivan MEP (European Parliament)

Katherine Zappone Minister (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)

Colette Kelleher Senator (Seanad)

Alice-Mary Higgins Senator (Seanad)

Catherine Noone Senator (Seanad)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)