Politician(s) lobbied: Laurence Simms (Joint Secretary), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Participation as a civil society organisation in the pre-session for Ireland's UN Universal Periodic Review, August 2026
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting with Ireland's Ambassador to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Geneva, Mr. Laurence Simms to discuss Christian Aid Ireland's public submission to the 2026 UPR process; human rights and international development priorities
Politician(s) lobbied: Neale Richmond (Minister of State), Department of Foreign Affairs; Michael Gaffey (Assistant Secretary), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Raise awareness of Christian Aid Ireland's international development and humanitarian work, priorities for Ireland's EU Presidency and Budget 2027
Methods: Meeting
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Three meetings with Minister of State for International Development and Diaspora, Neale Richmond TD
Politician(s) lobbied: Alice-Mary Higgins (Senator), Seanad; Patricia Stephenson (Senator), Seanad; Frances Black (Senator), Seanad
Intent: Sharing information regarding the Arbitration (Amendment) Act 2025 and concerns over investor court systems
Methods: Email
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Email
Sharing information with Senators Patricia Stephenson, Alice Mary Higgins and Frances Black regarding CETA and the Arbitration Amendment Bill
Politician(s) lobbied: Frances Black (Senator), Seanad; Sinéad Gibney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alice-Mary Higgins (Senator), Seanad; Patricia Stephenson (Senator), Seanad; Duncan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Richard Boyd Barrett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Gerard Keown (Director General), Department of Foreign Affairs; Declan Smyth (Legal Adviser), Department of Foreign Affairs; Darren O'Rourke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Johnny Mythen (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; George Lawlor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marie Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ciarán Ahern (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoghan Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mark Wall (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Robert O'Donoghue (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Conor Sheehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ged Nash (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Holly Cairns (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cian O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Daniel Ennis (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aidan Farrelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoin Hayes (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gary Gannon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jen Cummins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Whitmore (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Liam Quaide (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig Rice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Rory Hearne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Chris Andrews (Senator), Seanad; Joanne Collins (Senator), Seanad; Maria McCormack (Senator), Seanad; Conor Murphy (Senator), Seanad; Nicole Ryan (Senator), Seanad; Pauline Tully (Senator), Seanad; Lynn Ruane (Senator), Seanad; Eileen Flynn (Senator), Seanad; Nessa Cosgrove (Senator), Seanad; Laura Harmon (Senator), Seanad; Michael McDowell (Senator), Seanad
Intent: Sharing of information and advocacy in support of the Occupied Territories Bill 2018 and related Government proposals
Methods: Phone callEmailMeetingSocial Media
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Phone call
Calls with Senator Frances Black, Deputy Donnchadh O'Laoghaire and Deputy Roderic O'Gorman regarding the Occupied Territories Bill and relevant Government initiatives.
Email
Email to Minister Helen McEntee, Mr. Declan Smyth and Mr. Gerard Keown regarding the Occupied Territories Bill and relevant Government initiatives.
Email
Email with information and briefing material regarding the Occupied Territories Bill and relevant Government initiatives with all Labour Party TDs; all Social Democrat TDs; all Sinn Féin Senators; Foreign Affairs spokespeople and Ctte members Deputy S Gibney, Senator P Stephenson, Deputy D Smith, Deputy D O'Laoghaire, Deputy C Bennett; Deputy R O'Gorman; Senators AM Higgins, E Flynn, L Ruane, N Cosgrove, L Harmon, M McDowell; Deputies R Boyd Barret, R Coppinger, P Murphy; Senator M Daly
Meeting
Individual briefings for TDs & Senators on the Occupied Territories Bill and relevant Government proposals: Senators Alice Mary Higgins, Frances Black & Patricia Stephenson; Deputies Paul Murphy, Richard Boyd Barrett, Sinead Gibney, Donnchadh O'Laoghaire, Darren O'Rourke, Johnny Mythen, Shónagh ní Raghallaigh, Duncan Smith
Meeting
Meeting with Minister Helen McEntee, Mr. Declan Smyth and Mr. Gerard Keown regarding the Occupied Territories Bill and relevant Government initiatives.
Email
Sharing information and briefing material regarding the Occupied Territories Bill and relevant Government initiatives with Senator Frances Black
Social Media
Sharing information with Senator Frances Black, Senator Patricia Stephenson, Deputy Sinead Gibney, Deputy Paul Murphy and Deputy Donnchadh O'Laoghaire regarding the Occupied Territories Bill and relevant Government initiatives.
Politician(s) lobbied: Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Thomas Byrne (Minister of State), Department of Foreign Affairs; Eamon Scanlon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Fiona O'Loughlin (Senator), Seanad; Patricia Stephenson (Senator), Seanad; Alice-Mary Higgins (Senator), Seanad; Duncan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Laurence Simms (Joint Secretary), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Ensure ambitious transposition of the CSDDD into Irish law
Methods: EmailMeetingEvent / Reception
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Email
Emailed members of the EU Affairs Committee to invite them to the AV Room briefing: 'Deregulating rights in the name of ‘competitiveness’: Ireland’s policy priorities ahead of its EU Presidency'.
Email
Emailed to coordinate the AV Room briefing with sponsoring co-hosts Senators Patricia Stephenson and Alice Mary Higgins, and Deputies Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire and Duncan Smith.
Meeting
Met the Permanent Representative of Ireland to the UN in Geneva to discuss concerns regarding Ireland's Universal Periodic Review.
Email
Sharing of information or concerns with Ministers Peter Burke and Thomas Byrne on the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) and Omnibus I and request for Ireland to support Member State initiative on CSDDD implementation guidelines.
Event / Reception
Spoke at civil society briefing in the AV Room: 'Deregulating rights in the name of ‘competitiveness’: Ireland’s policy priorities ahead of its EU Presidency'.
Politician(s) lobbied: Ciarán Ahern (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Whitmore (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Roderic O'Gorman (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Noel Grealish (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Intent: The inclusion of the recommendations of Christian Aid Ireland and the Stop Climate Chaos Coalition in climate policy, including Climate Action Plan 2026 and Budget 2027.
Methods: Event / ReceptionEmailMeeting
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Attendance at National Economic Dialogue and participation in breakout session with Minister Darragh O'Brien and Minister for State Noel Grealish.
Email
Email to Deputy Ciaran Ahern sharing information on Stop Climate Chaos' 'Ending Fossil Power' Report.
Email
Emails to Deputy Jennifer Whitmore sharing information on EPA Projections and Stop Climate Chaos' 'Ending Fossil Power' Report.
Email
Emails to Deputy Roderic O'Gorman sharing information on Budget 2027, Stop Climate Chaos' 'Ending Fossil Power' Report, and organising meeting.
Meeting
Meeting with Deputy Roderic O'Gorman on the 26th of August at 10am in Leinster House on Budget 2027 and Stop Climate Chaos' 'Ending Fossil Power' Report.
Politician(s) lobbied: Thomas Byrne (Minister of State), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Meeting with Minister Thomas Byrne to raise policy priorities from the Irish Coalition for Business & Human Rights (ICBHR) ahead of Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting with Minister Thomas Byrne to raise policy priorities from the Irish Coalition for Business & Human Rights (ICBHR) ahead of Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union
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; Patricia Stephenson (Senator), Seanad; Alice-Mary Higgins (Senator), Seanad; Pádraig Rice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pa Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Rose Conway-Walsh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Laura Harmon (Senator), Seanad; Conor Murphy (Senator), Seanad
Intent: Sharing information and concerns regarding the EU CSDDD and Omnibus proposals from the Irish Coalition for Business and Human Rights (ICBHR)
Methods: EmailMeeting
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Email
Emails to Senators Patricia Stephenson and Alice Mary Higgins and Deputies Donnchadh O'Laoghaire and Duncan Smith regarding hosting an open briefing for TDs & Senators in the Oireachtas Audiovisual (AV) Room
Meeting
Formal presentation as invited witness to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs
Meeting
Meeting with Deputy Ruairi O'Murchu regarding the EU Omnibus and deregulatory proposals
Meeting
Open briefing for TDs & Senators in the Oireachtas Audiovisual (AV) Room
Politician(s) lobbied: Alice-Mary Higgins (Senator), Seanad; Patricia Stephenson (Senator), Seanad; John Lahart (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Ó Fearghaíl (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Noel McCarthy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Shay Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brian Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathy Bennett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Sharing information regarding the Arbitration (Amendment) Act 2025 and concerns over investor court systems
Methods: MeetingSocial Media
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Meeting
Meetings with Senators Patricia Stephenson & Alice Mary Higgins regarding CETA and the Arbitration Amendment Bill
Social Media
Sharing information with Senators Patricia Stephenson & Alice Mary Higgins regarding CETA and the Arbitration Amendment Bill
Politician(s) lobbied: Neale Richmond (Minister of State), Department of Foreign Affairs; Michael Gaffey (Assistant Secretary), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Raise awareness of Christian Aid Ireland's international development and humanitarian work
Methods: Meeting
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Meetings with Minister of State for International Development and Diaspora, Neale Richmond TD
