Plan International Ireland (Plan International Ireland)

Lobbying Organisation Plan International Ireland

Date published 25 Apr, 2022

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Education and Training

Period 1 Jan, 2022 to 30 Apr, 2022

Specific Details Request to Dun Laoghaire Rathdown TD to sign PII petition calling on the Government to implement an emergency reform of the RSE curriculum in line with international best practice.

Intended results TD signing Plan petition and raising awareness of RSE curriculum reform.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Carole Wickham

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)

A thread of emails to Dun Laoghaire Rathdown TDs related to the murder of Ashling Murphy led to engagement with TDs regarding the reform of the RSE curriculum in Ireland. In parallel to this, PLan had launched a petition and so I requested for one TD (Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, Fine Gael) to sign the petition. She declined to sign it.

Email (1)

Request to Aodhan O Riordan, Labour Party Spokesperson Education, Enterprise & Trade. to sign PII petition calling on the Government to implement an emergency reform of the RSE curriculum in line with international best practice

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.

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)