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2025-01-16
Politician(s) lobbied: Anne Rabbitte (Minister of State), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Seán Fleming (Minister of State), Department of Foreign Affairs; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Finance; 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; Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Aidan Fitzpatrick (Ambassador), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Retention or increased ODA funding, increased funding for disability inclusive development
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Retention of ODA funding |
| — | increase for funding for disability inclusive development |
2024-01-18
Politician(s) lobbied: Anne Rabbitte (Minister of State), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Barry Andrews (MEP), European Parliament; Seán Fleming (Minister of State), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: For each member state to announce national and global commitments that will help drive SDG Transformation, which focused on reaching and including people with disabilities, who were at risk of being left furthest behind.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Advocated for a UN declaration on disability inclusion at the SDG Summit 2023 |
2023-05-18
Politician(s) lobbied: Seán Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brendan Howlin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To have disability inclusion at the forefront of Irish foreign policy
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Advocated putting disability inclusion at the forefront of Irish foreign policy. |
2023-01-18
Politician(s) lobbied: Joe Hackett (Assistant Secretary), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: A greater focus on disability and inclusion in Ireland's foreign and development policies.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Advocated for a stronger role for disability and inclusion in Ireland's foreign and development policies. |
2022-01-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Brendan Howlin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gary Gannon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: That Dochas' submission would be taken on board and implemented in the next budget.
Methods: Virtual Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Spoke in support of Dochas' pre-budget submission on the Zoom call set up and facilitated by Dochas Staff. |
2022-01-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Colm Brophy (Minister of State for the Diaspora and Overseas Development Aid), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: To ensure participation of the Irish Government in the global Disability Summit and obtain commitments from governments to implement changes to equality & disability legislation.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Calling on the Irish Government to participate in the 2022 Global Disability summit and to: 1 Demonstrate strong effective leadership by sending high-level representatives to the Summit; 2 Make ambitious |
| — | measurable and actionable commitments that are fully resourced and focus on neglected areas |
| — | particularly the rights of women and girls; 3 Ensure people with disabilities and their representative organisations are involved in the development of their countries’ commitments. |
2021-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Coveney (Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: For Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney TD to cast votes at the UN on the membership of the Rights of Persons with Disability (CRPD) committee in December to ensure that women, people with diverse disability types and people from low and middle income countries are fairly represented.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | In 2018 |
| — | Ireland ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) |
| — | and in December 2020 it will have its first vote in the elections for members of the committee that oversees this treaty. The elections will take place at the Conference of States Parties to the CRPD in New York |
| — | and Ciara Smullen sort Simon Coveney's support in asking that votes in the election to improve the diversity and gender balance on the committee. |
Politician(s) lobbied: Jim O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: For Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney TD, and Minister for Disabilities, Anne Rabbitte TD to cast votes at the UN on the membership of the Rights of Persons with Disability (CRPD) committee in December to ensure that women, people with diverse disability types and people from low and middle income countries are fairly represented.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | In 2018 |
| — | Ireland ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) |
| — | and in December 2020 it will have its first vote in the elections for members of the committee that oversees this treaty. The elections will take place at the Conference of States Parties to the CRPD in New York |
| — | and Feargal O'Connell is seeking Deputy O'Callaghan's support in asking that votes in the election to improve the diversity and gender balance on the committee. |
2020-09-11
Politician(s) lobbied: Colm Brophy (Minister of State for the Diaspora and Overseas Development Aid), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Gaining support for Sightsavers petition to the UN on adaption of COVID-19 response to address disability inclusion.::Gaining support for the ODA campaign by Dóchas.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Congratulatory letter on appointment |
| — | highlighting COVID-19 petition and association with Dóchas ODA campaign |
2020-05-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Anne Cunniffe (Assistant Secretary), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: The inclusion of disability inclusion in EU Resolution to WHO on Covid-19 response
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | E-mail exchange with Anne Cunniffe regarding disability inclusion in EU resolution to World Health Assembly on Covid-19 response |