DOCHAS - THE IRISH ASSOCIATION OF NON- GOVERNMENTAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATIONS

Politician(s) lobbied: Neale Richmond (Minister of State), Department of Foreign Affairs

Intent: Engagement on overseas development aid spending

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Neale Richmond (Minister of State), Department of Foreign Affairs; Maeve von Heynitz (Director General), Department of Foreign Affairs; Michael Gaffey (Assistant Secretary), Department of Foreign Affairs

Intent: Improved understanding of GEI-MFF negotiations and suggested amendments to the European Council relevant texts

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Barry Andrews (MEP), European Parliament; Seán Kelly (MEP), European Parliament; Nina Carberry (MEP), European Parliament

Intent: Improved understanding of the Global Europe Instrument and civil society proposed amendments to European Parliament text

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: John Lahart (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brian Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Shay Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Noel McCarthy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Duncan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Ó Fearghaíl (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Garret Ahearn (Senator), Seanad; Alice-Mary Higgins (Senator), Seanad; Fiona O'Loughlin (Senator), Seanad; Joe O'Reilly (Senator), Seanad; Patricia Stephenson (Senator), Seanad; Barry Ward (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ged Nash (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paula Butterly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Nicholas Gogarty (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Robert O'Donoghue (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eamon Scanlon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ruairí Ó Murchú (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aidan Davitt (Senator), Seanad; Chris Andrews (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eileen Lynch (Senator), Seanad; Rónán Mullen (Senator), Seanad; Mairéad Farrell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Edward Timmins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cian O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Understanding of the GEI, civil society's concerns and implications for current negotiations

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Duncan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Patricia Stephenson (Senator), Seanad; John Lahart (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Fiona O'Loughlin (Senator), Seanad

Intent: Information on the proposed Global Europe Instrument and key aspects of it on which change is being requested by development and humanitarian CSOs to safeguard EU funding

Methods: Submission

Politician(s) lobbied: Cormac Devlin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Ó Fearghaíl (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Political support for the proposed increases and policy changes

Methods: Unknown

Politician(s) lobbied: Philip Nugent (Assistant Secretary), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Barry Quinlan (Assistant Secretary), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications; Neale Richmond (Minister of State), Department of Foreign Affairs; Simon Harris (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance; Naoise Ó Muirí (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Lahart (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Micheál Martin (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach

Intent: Increase in Ireland's international climate finance commitments, greater leadership on the international stage, policy coherence on climate matters

Methods: LetterMeeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Neale Richmond (Minister of State), Department of Foreign Affairs; Michael Gaffey (Assistant Secretary), Department of Foreign Affairs

Intent: DFA contribution and discussion

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Barry Ward (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paula Butterly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Nicholas Gogarty (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Lahart (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Robert O'Donoghue (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eamon Scanlon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ruairí Ó Murchú (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aidan Davitt (Senator), Seanad; Chris Andrews (Senator), Seanad; Eileen Lynch (Senator), Seanad; Rónán Mullen (Senator), Seanad; Fiona O'Loughlin (Senator), Seanad

Intent: Meetings to discuss the EU -MFF proposal over the coming months

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Sarah Bardon (Chief of Staff), Department of the Taoiseach

Intent: Support for an increase in ODA spending in the 2026 Budget

Methods: Email