Irish Development Education Association

Politician(s) lobbied: Patricia Stephenson (Senator), Seanad

Intent: Commitment by TDs and Senators to champion Global Citizenship Education via relevant Oireachtas Committees

Methods: EmailMeeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Alice-Mary Higgins (Senator), Seanad; Frances Black (Senator), Seanad; Lynn Ruane (Senator), Seanad

Intent: Irish Government to join the Hague Group (Group of countries taking actions including sanctions to pressure Israel to stop its genocide and war crimes in Gaza)

Methods: Letter

Politician(s) lobbied: Micheál Martin (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Simon Harris (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs

Intent: Irish Government to advocate at the UNGA for the passing of a Uniting for Peace Resolution for invention in Gaza to protect civilians and prevent further loss of civilian life and further destruction in Gaza

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Alice-Mary Higgins (Senator), Seanad; Nessa Cosgrove (Senator), Seanad; Cathal Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jen Cummins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Duncan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Darren O'Rourke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Claire Kerrane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Fiona O'Loughlin (Senator), Seanad; Patricia Stephenson (Senator), Seanad; Barry Ward (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aengus Ó Snodaigh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aidan Farrelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alan Kelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ann Graves (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Barry Heneghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cian O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ciarán Ahern (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Conor Sheehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoghan Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoin Ó Broin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gary Gannon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ged Nash (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; George Lawlor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Holly Cairns (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Geoghegan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Whitmore (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Lahart (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marie Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mary Lou McDonald (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Matt Carthy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Natasha Newsome Drennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pa Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Padráig Mac Lochlainn (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pat Buckley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pearse Doherty (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Rory Hearne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Rose Conway-Walsh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ruth Coppinger (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Canney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sinéad Gibney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sorca Clarke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Anne Rabbitte (Senator), Seanad; Conor Murphy (Senator), Seanad; Eileen Lynch (Senator), Seanad; Mary Fitzpatrick (Senator), Seanad; Pauline Tully (Senator), Seanad; PJ Murphy (Senator), Seanad; Shane Curley (Senator), Seanad

Intent: Political stakeholders such as parliamentarians know and support our policy case for increased investment and prioritisation of Global Citizenship Education in the coming years

Methods: Event / ReceptionPhone callInformal communicationEmail

Politician(s) lobbied: Aengus Ó Snodaigh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aidan Farrelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alan Kelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ann Graves (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Barry Heneghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathal Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Connolly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cian O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ciarán Ahern (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Claire Kerrane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Conor Sheehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Darren O'Rourke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Duncan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoghan Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoin Ó Broin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gary Gannon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ged Nash (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Holly Cairns (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Geoghegan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jen Cummins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Whitmore (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Lahart (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marie Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mary Lou McDonald (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Matt Carthy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Natasha Newsome Drennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Padráig Mac Lochlainn (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pearse Doherty (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Rory Hearne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Rose Conway-Walsh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ruth Coppinger (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Canney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sinéad Gibney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sorca Clarke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pat Buckley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pa Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; George Lawlor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Anne Rabbitte (Senator), Seanad; PJ Murphy (Senator), Seanad; Pauline Tully (Senator), Seanad; Shane Curley (Senator), Seanad; Nessa Cosgrove (Senator), Seanad; Mary Fitzpatrick (Senator), Seanad; Fiona O'Loughlin (Senator), Seanad; Conor Murphy (Senator), Seanad; Alice-Mary Higgins (Senator), Seanad; Patricia Stephenson (Senator), Seanad; Eileen Lynch (Senator), Seanad; Lynn Boylan (MEP), European Parliament

Intent: Our budget recommendations to be taken on board in Budget 2026 decisions Our policy case for increased investment in GCE in the coming 5 years to be known and supported

Methods: Virtual MeetingEmail

Politician(s) lobbied: Gabriel Makhlouf (Governor), Central Bank of Ireland

Intent: We asked him not to renew the Israel bond prospectus on 2 September to avoid making the Central Bank complicit in genocide

Methods: Letter

Politician(s) lobbied: Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Neale Richmond (Minister of State), Department of Foreign Affairs; Simon Harris (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Education; James Lawless (Minister), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

Intent: Our budget recommendations to be taken on board in Budget 2026 decisions

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Laurence Simms (Joint Secretary), Department of Foreign Affairs

Intent: That the Taoiseach withdraw Irish Government support for the IHRA definition of anti-semitism and adopt an alternative definition that is widely endorsed by Jewish, Palestinian and international experts

Methods: Letter

Politician(s) lobbied: Laurence Simms (Joint Secretary), Department of Foreign Affairs

Intent: That Laurence Simms, Joint Secretary of the Irish-British intergovernmental Secretariat in Belfast (under the Department of Foreign Affairs) raise the issue of policy incoherence of IHRA definition of anti-semitism with Government's obligations under the Good Friday Agreement

Methods: Letter

Politician(s) lobbied: Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Simon Harris (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Education

Intent: As many TDs in 34th Dáil and Senators in 27th Seanad to commit to being Global Education Champions during their term as possible

Methods: Email