ActionAid Ireland

Lobbying Organisation ActionAid Ireland

Date published 10 May, 2021

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Trade

Period 1 Jan, 2021 to 30 Apr, 2021

Specific Details Letter and calls to Tánaiste Leo Varadkar and Minister Paschal Donohoe outlining our position on public country-by-county reporting.

Intended results To outline our position on public country-by-county reporting and to inform the Ministers that we would be organising a public petition on same.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Siobhan McGee, CEO 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 (1)

On 11th February ActionAid Ireland CEO Siobhan McGee emailed both the Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Employment and the Minister for Finance outline our position on public country by country reporting and informing them that we would be launching a public petition on same.

Phone call (2-5)

Campaign Executive Julianne Flynn called the offices of the Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Employment and Minister for Finance to inform them of same.

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 Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)

Paschal Donohoe Minister (Department of Finance)