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Total Lobbying Efforts: 78

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2025-01-01
Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Seán Fleming (Minister of State), Department of Foreign Affairs; Micheál Martin (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Michael Gaffey (Assistant Secretary), Department of Foreign Affairs; Fergal Mythen (Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Ireland's sustained political engagement to increase humanitarian aid and encourage peace negotiations. Ireland to raise the situation in Sudan at the UN General Assembly, and call on donors to address the funding gap, the humanitarian and protection crisis in the country.
Methods: Letter, Meeting
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Humanitarian Situation in Sudan
2024-04-26
Politician(s) lobbied: Josepha Madigan (Minister of State), Department of Education; Catherine Martin (Minister), Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Intent: Reconsideration of the advertising ban of the Gambling Bill
Methods: Email
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Gambling Legislation Bill
2024-04-08
Politician(s) lobbied: Micheál Martin (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Highlight the extent o the humanitarian crisis in Sudan, and in Ethiopia.Reinforce the necessity for increased humanitarian funding and political attention on the situation in both countries.
Methods: Letter
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Humanitarian Aid - Donor Conference - Sudan
Ethipia
2024-04-08
Politician(s) lobbied: Niamh Smyth (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Lawless (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Fleming (Minister of State), Department of Foreign Affairs; Richard Boyd Barrett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ossian Smyth (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cormac Devlin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Josepha Madigan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Martin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Reconsideration of the advertising ban of the Gambling Bill
Methods: Letter, Email
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Gambling Legislation Bill
2023-09-19
Politician(s) lobbied: Colm Brophy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: For registered charities not to be included in this Gambling Regulation Bill
Methods: Letter
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Inclusion of charities in gambling legislation
2023-09-19
Politician(s) lobbied: Michael McGrath (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Intent: Increase allocation to EU humanitarian aid budget, based on request and input from EUMS
Methods: Letter
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EU Humanitarian Aid Budget
2023-05-05
Politician(s) lobbied: Charles Flanagan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Barry Cowen (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathal Berry (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Matt Carthy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Réada Cronin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gary Gannon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Lawless (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brian Leddin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Stanton (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Ardagh (Senator), Seanad; Gerard Craughwell (Senator), Seanad; Joe O'Reilly (Senator), Seanad; Diarmuid Wilson (Senator), Seanad; Niall Ó Donnghaile (Senator), Seanad
Intent: Information sharing/situation update -Joint Committee for Foreign Affairs
Methods: Letter
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Briefing on the humanitarian situation in the Horn of Africa
2023-05-05
Politician(s) lobbied: Micheál Martin (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Briefing on the ongoing situation
Methods: Letter
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Communication on the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan
2023-01-12
Politician(s) lobbied: Seán Fleming (Minister of State), Department of Finance
Intent: Securing increased, predicable and sustained humanitarian funding for 2023
Methods: Letter
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European Commission Humanitarian Aid budget
2022-08-31
Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Coveney (Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Michael McGrath (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance; Colm Brophy (Minister of State for the Diaspora and Overseas Development Aid), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Ministers alerted to the deteriorating situation in the Horn of Africa and the need to fund humanitarian responses as early as possible.::ODA allocation in Budget 2023 reflects the increase in need as a result of the global food crisis.
Methods: Letter
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Crisis in the Horn of Africa and increased support required