Politician(s) lobbied: Neale Richmond (Minister of State), Department of Foreign Affairs; Neale Richmond (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Maintanence of Irish Aid suppor to Comhlamh into the future.
Methods: Letter
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Letter
Sent to office of Minister for State, Neale Richmond TD.
Politician(s) lobbied: Michael Moynihan (Minister of State), Department of Education
Intent: Increased connections and government support for Cambodia and Cambodian education.
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting
Colm Byrne met Minister Michael Moynihan at Leinster House for a pre-arranged meeting to discussess SeeBeyondBorders work and Irish Governement support of Cambodian education.
Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown
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Politician(s) lobbied: Noel Grealish (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Noel Grealish (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Intent: Greater Irish Government support for Cambodian education in the future.
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting
Location was Siem Reap, Cambodia during Minister Grealish's March 2025 visit to Cambodia.
Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown
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Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown
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Politician(s) lobbied: Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Education
Intent: To make the Department of Education aware of risk of short term volunteering in orphanages and to develop guidelines for school trips to not visit or volunteer in orphanages.
Methods: Letter
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Letter
SeeBeyondBorders Ireland clg co-signed a letter written by Comhlamh End Orphange Volunteering Working Group which was sent to Norma Foley and a copy handed to Norma Foley.
Politician(s) lobbied: Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Education; Roderic O'Gorman (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Intent: We hoped to build both Minister's awareness of the Connect programme with a view to garnering support for this important initiative between our two countries and within the education sector.
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting
We spoke to Minister Foley about the programme, schedule and intended outcomes, and the Minister had an opportunity to meet the four SBB Cambodia staff and the two Cambodian District Governors. We discuss the shared learning opportunities between Irish educators and Cambodian educators.
Meeting
We spoke to Minister O'Gorman about the programme, schedule and intended outcomes, and the Minister had an opportunity to meet the four SBB Cambodia staff and the two Cambodian District Governors. We discuss the shared learning opportunities between Irish educators and Cambodian educators.
Politician(s) lobbied: Norma Foley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Education
Intent: Our Chair took the opportunity to thank Minister Norma Foley for her support for our work in the margins of a meeting held on 22 November 2023 that she attended on a different topic/capacity.
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting
We met with Minister Norma Foley, Department of Education on 22 November 2023 and thanked her for her support for our work and programmes.
2023-09-13
2 officialsCurrent/Former DPOFAQ Politician(s) lobbied: Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Education; Norma Foley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: We hoped to build the Minister's awareness of the Connect programme with a view to garnering her support for this important initiative between our two countries and within the education sector.
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting
We spoke to Minister Foley about the programme, schedule and intended outcomes, and the Minister had an opportunity to meet some of the Irish teachers travelling to Cambodia in August 2023.
