Politician(s) lobbied: Neale Richmond (Minister of State), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Letter informing Minister Richmond of the CEO's visit to Dublin, the roundtable with Irish Aid and requesting a meeting on future ambitions for collaboration
Methods: Letter
Politician(s) lobbied: Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Letter informing the Minister that Save the Children's CEO would be in Dublin and requesting a meeting to discuss escalating conflict in the Middle East and mutual efforts to reinforce global systems that protect civilians in conflict
Methods: Letter
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Letter
As above, letter requesting a meeting
Politician(s) lobbied: Michael Gaffey (Assistant Secretary), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Partnership roundtable discussion between Save the Children and Irish Aid (DCAD of DFA) to take stock of current partnership, align on priorities for children, and chart the route forward for the partnership.
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting
Meeting between colleagues of Save the Children delegation, led by CEO Moazzam Malik, and colleagues of Irish Aid, convened by DG Michael Gaffey, to review existing partnership, align on key priorities, and chart the route forward for deeper strategic collaboration.
Politician(s) lobbied: Olivia Leslie (Ambassador), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: An exchange on the SC/Irish Aid longstanding partnership in Ethiopia and opportunities to future engagement to protect children - Ambassador Leslie was unavailable last minute, so the meeting took place with Mary Healy instead (not a DPO)
Methods: Email
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Email
Email correspondence to arrange a meeting - the Ambassador was unavailable last minute due to personal circumstances, so the meeting took place with DFA colleague Mary Healy instead.
Politician(s) lobbied: Fergal Mythen (Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Exchange on key humanitarian and development issues for children globally, opportunities for deeper engagement on the children and armed conflict agenda identified
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting
Meeting in New York on common priorities for humanitarian action and opportunities for deeper engagement on the children and armed conflict agenda
Politician(s) lobbied: Michael Gaffey (Assistant Secretary), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Establish a relationship between the DG and SCUK's new CEO, discuss the nature of the longstanding partnership and agree on the future direction of strategic engagement.
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting
Meeting between DG Irish Aid, Director and Deputy Director of Civil Society Unit and the CEO of SCUK, Chief of Staff, and Senior Advocacy and Partnership Manager in DFA Dublin offices.
Politician(s) lobbied: Noel White (Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Exchange on key humanitarian and development issues for children globally
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting
Meeting in Geneva around the World Health Assembly as an opportunity to exchange on a range of pressing humanitarian and development issues for children, and where we have mutual interests in upholding accountability and rights for children.
Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: An online meeting in September
Methods: Letter
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Letter
As above, a letter requesting an online meeting between the Tánaiste and the CEO of Save the Children UK
Politician(s) lobbied: Michael Gaffey (Assistant Secretary), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: A meeting between the CEO of Save the Children UK and the DG of DCAD on our global partnership
Methods: Email
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Email
As above, a meeting request between DG Michael Gaffey and CEO of SCUK about the global partnership
Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown
Intent: Unknown
Methods: Unknown
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Method not specified
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