Politician(s) lobbied: Neale Richmond (Minister of State), Department of Foreign Affairs; Neale Richmond (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Maintanence of Irish Aid suppor to Comhlamh into the future.
Methods: Letter
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Maeve Corish
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SeeBeyondBorders Ireland's Deputy Chair
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co-signed a letter with civil society organisations welcoming Ireland’s continued commitment to Overseas Development Aid (ODA) despite cuts to worldwide. Signatories to the letter
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however
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expressed disappointment at the recent decision by Irish Aid to phase out the strategic partnership funding with Comhlámh.
Politician(s) lobbied: Michael Moynihan (Minister of State), Department of Education
Intent: Increased connections and government support for Cambodia and Cambodian education.
Methods: Meeting
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Colm Byrne
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CEO International Operations SeeBeyondBorders
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met Minister of State
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Michael Moynihan on the 25th of November 2025. Colm spoke to Minister Moynihan about the work of SeeBeyonsBorders in Ireland and Cambodia and why Cambodian education benefits greatly from Irish support.
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Politician(s) lobbied: Noel Grealish (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Noel Grealish (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Intent: Greater Irish Government support for Cambodian education in the future.
Methods: Meeting
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Colm Byrne
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CEO International Operations SeeBeyondBorders
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met Minister of State
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Noel Grealish on the 20th of March. Colm spoke to Minister Grealish about his own journey and why Cambodian education benefits greatly from Irish support.
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Politician(s) lobbied: Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Education
Intent: To make the Department of Education aware of risk of short term volunteering in orphanages and to develop guidelines for school trips to not visit or volunteer in orphanages.
Methods: Letter
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End Orphanage volunteering
Politician(s) lobbied: Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Education; Roderic O'Gorman (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Intent: We hoped to build both Minister's awareness of the Connect programme with a view to garnering support for this important initiative between our two countries and within the education sector.
Methods: Meeting
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We met separately with with Minister Norma Foley
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Department of Education and Minister Roderic O'Gorman
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Department of Children
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Equality
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Disability
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Integration and Youth on 23.04.2024 to discuss our charity's Connect Programme which involves four SBB Cambodia staff members and two Cambodian District Governor visiting Ireland on a two week study visit for shared learning and knowledge exchange. We discussed shared learning opportunities between Irish educators and Cambodian educators.
Politician(s) lobbied: Norma Foley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Education
Intent: Our Chair took the opportunity to thank Minister Norma Foley for her support for our work in the margins of a meeting held on 22 November 2023 that she attended on a different topic/capacity.
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We met with Minister Norma Foley
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Department of Education on 22 November 2023 and thanked her for her support for our work and programmes.
2023-09-13
2 officialsCurrent/Former DPOFAQ Politician(s) lobbied: Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Education; Norma Foley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: We hoped to build the Minister's awareness of the Connect programme with a view to garnering her support for this important initiative between our two countries and within the education sector.
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We spoke with Minister Norma Foley
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Department of Education on 08.06.2023 to discuss our charity's Connect Programme which involves Irish teachers travelling to Cambodia and Cambodian teachers travelling to Ireland on a shared learning and knowledge exchange.
