Oxfam Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Oxfam Ireland

Date published 21 Sep, 2022

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area EU Affairs

Period 1 May, 2022 to 31 Aug, 2022

Specific Details EU migration and asylum policy

Intended results That Ireland's Minister for Justice and Taoiseach at the relevant Council meetings support a border monitoring mechanism to ensure human rights are respected at EU meetings and call on Greece to open the closed refugee camps that are 100% EU funded.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Aideen Elliott

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.

Meeting (1)

The meetings took place online and were followed by email correspondence with more information on the topics discussed, links to Oxfam reports on the topics and requests to raise the matters of pushbacks and human rights of people migrating to the EU in the Dail and with the parliamentary party.

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.

Paul Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Bernard Durkan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)