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2024-09-16
Politician(s) lobbied: Barry Andrews (MEP), European Parliament; Billy Kelleher (MEP), European Parliament; Chris MacManus (MEP), European Parliament; Ciarán Cuffe (MEP), European Parliament; Clare Daly (MEP), European Parliament; Grace O'Sullivan (MEP), European Parliament; Luke Ming Flanagan (MEP), European Parliament; Mick Wallace (MEP), European Parliament; Seán Kelly (MEP), European Parliament; Bríd Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (MEP), European Parliament; Jennifer Whitmore (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: “Fair Trade Agreements” that put people and the environment together with business and profit.Fair Access To Climate Finance: MEPs can ensure international climate finance is scaled up to meet the climate crises Fair Access To Climate Finance: MEPs can ensure international climate finance is scaled up to meet the climate crises and that support moves towards agroecology, to support more sustainable business practices, and help to transform trade for people and planet.
Methods: Social Media
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | The Need for a Global Green Deal to be adopted by the EU and for support for local Fairtrade initiatives in local authority areas. |
2024-05-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Barry Andrews (MEP), European Parliament; Billy Kelleher (MEP), European Parliament; Chris MacManus (MEP), European Parliament; Ciarán Cuffe (MEP), European Parliament; Clare Daly (MEP), European Parliament; Grace O'Sullivan (MEP), European Parliament; Luke Ming Flanagan (MEP), European Parliament; Mick Wallace (MEP), European Parliament; Seán Kelly (MEP), European Parliament
Intent: “Fair Trade Agreements” that put people and the environment together with business and profit.Fair Access To Climate Finance: MEPs can ensure international climate finance is scaled up to meet the climate crises Fair Access To Climate Finance: MEPs can ensure international climate finance is scaled up to meet the climate crises and that support moves towards agroecology, to support more sustainable business practices, and help to transform trade for people and planet.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | The Need for a Global Green Deal to be adopted by the EU |
2024-05-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Charlie McConalogue (Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Pippa Hackett (Super Junior Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Martin Heydon (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Intent: 1. The introduction of a ban on the purchasing below the costs of production, in the upcoming review of the Unfair Trading Practices Directive2. The application of such a measure also to non-EU farmers supplying the EU market.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | The need for legal requirements on production cost coverage for farmers supplying the EU market |
2023-09-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Coveney (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Intent: Smallholder farmers and workers call for a directive which:1. Includes living income as a human right for companies to respect. 2. Mandates companies to address the impact of their purchasing practices on human rights and the environment3. Obliges companies to engage meaningfully with stakeholders with a specific focus on vulnerable stakeholders4. Specifies that disengagement from a supplier or business partner is allowed only as a last resort
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | EU Member States are key in ensuring that the upcoming Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence (HREDD) legislation will have its intended impact. In the eve of the trilogue negotiations on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) |
| — | I would like to bring to your attention key asks from smallholder farmers and their organisations with whom we work |
2023-04-28
Politician(s) lobbied: Barry Andrews (MEP), European Parliament
Intent: Support for greater recognition of small holder interests
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | We were advocating for better recognition for small holder interests in upcoming human rights due diligence regulations |
2022-05-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Eamon Ryan (Minister), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications; Pippa Hackett (Super Junior Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Grace O'Sullivan (MEP), European Parliament; Barry Andrews (MEP), European Parliament; Chris MacManus (MEP), European Parliament
Intent: Better support and recognition of the needs of small holder farmers in developing countries and the negative impacts on them and theri communties if the proposed regulations are not amended..
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Proposed EU Deforestation regulations impacts on small scale farmers of coffee and cocoa in the global south |
2021-01-19
Politician(s) lobbied: Thomas Byrne (Minister of State), Department of the Taoiseach
Intent: Meeting with Minister of State for European Affairs
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Request for a meeting and highlighting ICBHR report on UN Treaty on BHR |
2021-01-19
Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Coveney (Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Meeting with Minister Covreney
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Request for a meeting and highlighting Irish Coalition for Business and Human Rights report on UN Treaty on BHR |
2020-09-22
Politician(s) lobbied: Malcolm Noonan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Darcy Lonergan (Councillor), Dublin City Council
Intent: To influence the Government's support for various measures in Ireland and Europe to support a more sustainable and equitable chocolate industry..
Methods: Informal communication
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | The Irish Government should support the creation of a UN binding treaty on business and human rights; support calls for binding EU regulations on human rights (incl. living income) for the European cocoa market; review its taxation policies including VAT and levies; Make Living incomes a priority for Irish Aid; Ensure Fair and Sustainable Government procurement id |
2020-05-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Malcolm Noonan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Darcy Lonergan (Councillor), Dublin City Council; David Healy (Councillor), Fingal County Council
Intent: To influence the Government's support for various measures in Ireland and Europe to support a more sustainable and equitable chocolate industry..
Methods: Informal communication
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | The Irish Government should support the creation of a UN binding treaty on business and human rights; support calls for binding EU regulations on human rights (incl. living income) for the European cocoa market; review its taxation policies including VAT and levies; Make Living incomes a priority for Irish Aid; Ensure Fair and Sustainable Government procurement id |