Trócaire

Lobbying Organisation Trócaire

Date published 21 Jan, 2020

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Foreign Affairs

Period 1 Sep, 2019 to 31 Dec, 2019

Specific Details Human rights and business and human rights

Intended results Highlighting human rights violations in countries where Trócaire operates and encouraging support for measures on business and human rights

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Niamh Garvey

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)

Email sent to MEPs to express concerns related to human rights and the rule of law in Guatemala

Email (2-5)

Email to update representatives on the UN treaty negotiations towards a binding treaty on business and human rights.

Event / Reception (2-5)

Trocaire presentation with two Human Rights Defenders from Honduras and Myanmar in the AV Room of the Dail and to the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade highlighting human rights issues in Honduras and Myanmar and highlighting the need for mandatory due diligence and a binding treaty on business and human rights.

Letter (1)

Letter to the Tánaiste encouraging Ireland to support the UN treaty to regulate transnational corporations and other business enterprises.

Meeting (2-5)

Meetings with representatives to highlight the need for mandatory human rights due diligence and on the open ended working group on a UN treaty to regulate transnational corporations and other business enterprises

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.

Matt Carthy MEP (European Parliament)

Seán Kelly MEP (European Parliament)

Luke Ming Flanagan MEP (European Parliament)

Mairead McGuinness MEP (European Parliament)

Frances Fitzgerald MEP (European Parliament)

Clare Daly MEP (European Parliament)

Barry Andrews MEP (European Parliament)

Billy Kelleher MEP (European Parliament)

Mick Wallace MEP (European Parliament)

Grace O'Sullivan MEP (European Parliament)

Maria Walsh MEP (European Parliament)

Seán Crowe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ivana Bacik Senator (Seanad)

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

Alice-Mary Higgins Senator (Seanad)

Simon Coveney Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Brendan Smith TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Tony McLoughlin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Barrett TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)