Oxfam Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Oxfam Ireland

Date published 18 May, 2023

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Jan, 2023 to 30 Apr, 2023

Specific Details Oxfam Ireland lobbying on human rights at EU borders

Intended results For Irish MEPs to support an independent border monitoring mechanism in the pact on migration and asylum, to call for investigations into pushbacks and respect for the rule of law in all border monitoring.

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.

Email (6-10)

I emailed MEPs asking them to meet while I was in Brussels. Since this MEP was not available that week we met in Dublin. I followed up our meeting with a thank you and more information.

Meeting (1)

I met with Frances Fitzgerald and her assistant in Europe House, Dublin. We discussed Oxfam's work on migration and refugee policy and I outlined the findings of Greek Council for Refugees report on pushbacks.

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.

Frances Fitzgerald MEP (European Parliament)