Politician(s) lobbied: Neale Richmond (Minister of State), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Engagement on overseas development aid spending
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting
Meeting with Minister Richmond and CEOs of a number of Dochas members to discuss ODA spending
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
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Email
Policy brief with suggested amendments sent on 26 February 2026 and 5 March 2026
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
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Email
Policy brief and suggested amendments to European Parliament text on the MFF sent on 5 March 2026
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
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Email
Policy brief and suggested amendments to Council text on the MFF sent on 13 March 2026
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
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Submission
Policy recommendations paper regarding the EU Multiannual Financial Framework in advance of a debate in the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade
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
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AV Room at Leinster House on 24 September 2025 to inform on Dochas' pre-budget submission
Method not specified
the need to increase ODA spending and global climate finance
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
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Letter
Covering letter to the physical copy of the Climate Finance report to the Taoiseach, Tanaiste, Minister of Finance, Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Minister of State for International Development, Chair and members of the Oireachtas Joint Committee for the Environment, Chair of the Joint Committee for Foreign Affairs and Trade and relevant TDs
Meeting
Meetings at the Oireachtas to discuss the content of the Climate Finance report with Donnchadh O'Laoighaire (17/12/2025), Duncan Smith (19/11/2025). Meeting on 04/11/2025 with Minister of State Neale Richmond to present the report at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
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
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Email
Invitation to speak at an EU-Presidency related event organised by Dochas
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
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Email
Follow-up emails to request further meetings to discuss the EU-Multiannual Financial Framework and civil society concerns on some of its elements
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
