Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Lobbying Organisation Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Date published 28 Apr, 2023

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area EU Affairs

Period 1 Jan, 2023 to 30 Apr, 2023

Specific Details Letter to Minister for Foreign Affairs re: concrete measures to end Israeli human righst abuses needed at EU Foreign Meeting

Intended results To urge the Irish government to take push for concrete action to end Israeli human rights abuses and international law violations in the EU Foreign Affairs Committee meeting on April 24th 2023

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Zoe Lalwor

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 Minister for Foreign Affairs urging a ban on EU trade with illegal Israeli settlements; a formal ban of the arms trade and military-security cooperation with Israel, and suspension of the participation of Israel military and security entities within the framework of the Horizon Europe research programs, as well as Israeli companies complicit in human rights abuses, war crimes and other international law violations;

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.

Micheál Martin Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)