Politician(s) lobbied: Pa Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Réada Cronin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ciarán Ahern (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Whitmore (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alice-Mary Higgins (Senator), Seanad; Malcolm Noonan (Senator), Seanad; Paul Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Barry Heneghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Naoise Ó Muirí (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Naoise O'Cearúil (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Noel O'Donovan (Senator), Seanad; Mark Duffy (Senator), Seanad; Lorraine Clifford-Lee (Senator), Seanad; Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Clendennen (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Roderic O'Gorman (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Malcolm Byrne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Patricia Stephenson (Senator), Seanad; Philip Nugent (Assistant Secretary), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Maria Walsh (MEP), European Parliament; Barry Andrews (MEP), European Parliament; Neale Richmond (Minister of State), Department of Foreign Affairs; Rose Conway-Walsh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pearse Doherty (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Lynn Boylan (MEP), European Parliament; Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathy Bennett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Lynn Boylan (MEP), European Parliament; Brian Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Shay Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Noel McCarthy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ken O'Flynn (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Duncan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Ó Fearghaíl (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Garrett Ahern (Senator), Seanad; Fiona O'Loughlin (Senator), Seanad; Nina Carberry (MEP), European Parliament; Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Justice
Intent: Ireland to commit to a fair and funded phase out of fossil fuels and to support a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty::Irish government increases ODA and publishes roadmap to reach 0.7% GNI in ODA by 2030::Justice, poverty relief and respect for human rights in occupied Palestinian territory and Israel
Methods: EmailLetterMeetingInformal communicationVirtual Meeting
Details by Method
Email
Email asking Irish Government to reject further EU deregulation
Email
Email detailing Trócaire's advocacy asks of the Irish Government ahead of the First International Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels
Email
Email regarding Trócaire's position on the strategic gas emergency reserve bill pre-legislative scrutiny.
Email
Email to Climate Committee members calling for pre-legislative scrutiny on strategic gas emergency reserve bill
Email
Email to connect MEP Carberry with European network
Email
Emailed MEPs on EU Legislative Proposal on Plant Reproductive Material (PRM)E
Letter
Letter to Minister O'Brien detailing Trócaire's advocacy asks of the Irish Government ahead of the First International Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels
Meeting
Meeting with Minister Richmond, along with other development organisations.
Meeting
Meeting with Senator Patricia Stephenson on situation in oPt-I
Meeting
Meetings with Senator Black on Occupied Territories Bill
Informal communication
Meetings with Sinn Féin delegates at the SF Ard Fheis on ODA and humanitarian need
Meeting
Presented at Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Energy and the Environment's Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Strategic Gas Emergency Reserve Bill
Meeting
Presented to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs on the situation in Sudan
Email
Request to Deputy Ahern to submit Parliamentary Questions relating to Ireland's International Climate Finance Roadmap
Virtual Meeting
Virtual meeting with Senator Patricia Stephenson to discuss regulation of private finance flows to fossil fuels.
Politician(s) lobbied: John Lahart (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alice-Mary Higgins (Senator), Seanad; Sinéad Gibney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Holly Cairns (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Duncan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Shay Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Ó Fearghaíl (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Noel McCarthy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Patricia Stephenson (Senator), Seanad; Cathy Bennett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Ireland to support a robust gender responsive EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive and to introduce mandatory Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence legislation::Ireland to support a UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights
Methods: EmailMeeting
Details by Method
Email
Email briefing Deputy Smith regarding ISDS and specific elements of the Arbitration (Amendment) Bill ahead of Committee Stage hearings.
Email
Email to Deputy Smith requesting a Parliamentary Question to be raised regarding Ireland's exposure to claims under ISDS sections of the Energy Charter Treaty.
Email
Email to Holly Cairns TD and Senator Alice Mary Higgins asking for a Parliamentary Question on the acquisition of the Whiddy Island terminal by US fossil fuel company Energy Transfer.
Email
Email to advisor to Sinead Gibney TD asking for the issue of corporate influencing in relation to CSDDD to be raised.
Email
Emails regarding Report Stage of Arbitration (Amendment) Bill, including sharing briefing notes.
Email
Emails to Fianna Fail members of the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs regarding the Arbitration (Amendment) Bill and ratifying the investor protection aspects of CETA.
Meeting
Senators briefing ahead of the Arbitration (Amendment) Bill.
Politician(s) lobbied: Lynn Boylan (MEP), European Parliament; Barry Andrews (MEP), European Parliament; Nina Carberry (MEP), European Parliament; John Lahart (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Garrett Ahern (Senator), Seanad; Patricia Stephenson (Senator), Seanad; Alice-Mary Higgins (Senator), Seanad; Brian Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathy Bennett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Fiona O'Loughlin (Senator), Seanad; Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Niamh Smyth (Minister of State), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Sinéad Gibney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (MEP), European Parliament; George Lawlor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Kelly (MEP), European Parliament; Barry Cowen (MEP), European Parliament; Regina Doherty (MEP), European Parliament; Ciaran Mullooly (MEP), European Parliament; Maria Walsh (MEP), European Parliament; Billy Kelleher (MEP), European Parliament; Michael McNamara (MEP), European Parliament; Luke Ming Flanagan (MEP), European Parliament; Kathleen Funchion (MEP), European Parliament; Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (MEP), European Parliament
Intent: Ireland to support a robust gender responsive EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive and to introduce mandatory Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence legislation::Ireland to support a UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights
Methods: EmailMeetingLetter
Details by Method
Email
Email to MEP Aodhan O Riordain and George Lawlor TD requesting a meeting to discuss CSDDD trilogues.
Email
Email to MEP Boylan and staff seeking a meeting with Guatemala human rights partners Xinka Parliament, CPO and COPAE during 11th Session of LBI negotiations in Geneva.
Meeting
In-person meeting with Barry Andrews MEP and advisors by 3 Guatemalan human rights partners. The meeting focussed on 11th Session of negotiations for BHR treaty, the EU's role and situation of HRDs in Guatemala.
Letter
Letter by Irish Coalition on Business and Human Rights and signed by CEOs of 12 member organisations to Minister Peter Burke and Minister of State Niamh Smyth seeking a meeting to discuss the Omnibus I vote and Ireland's stance.
Meeting
Meeting in Brussels with Siobhan Golden, policy advisor to Nina Carberry MEP, by Guatemalan partners.
Meeting
Presentation to Foreign Affairs Oireachtas Committee on corporate harm and need for UN Treaty on BHR, with Guatemalan partners.
Politician(s) lobbied: Micheál Martin (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment
Intent: Irish government increases ODA and publishes roadmap to reach 0.7% GNI in ODA by 2030
Methods: Informal communication
Details by Method
Informal communication
Letters to Tánaiste, Minister Donohoe, Minister O'Brien for increase in ODA and climate finance in Budget 2026.
Politician(s) lobbied: Pa Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Réada Cronin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ciarán Ahern (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Whitmore (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alice-Mary Higgins (Senator), Seanad; Malcolm Noonan (Senator), Seanad; Paul Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ruth Coppinger (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Barry Heneghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Naoise Ó Muirí (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Naoise O'Cearúil (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Noel O'Donovan (Senator), Seanad; Mark Duffy (Senator), Seanad; Lorraine Clifford-Lee (Senator), Seanad; Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Robert Troy (Minister of State), Department of Finance; Simon Harris (Minister), Department of Finance; Neale Richmond (Minister of State), Department of Foreign Affairs; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance; John Clendennen (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Roderic O'Gorman (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Malcolm Byrne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Gaffey (Assistant Secretary), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Ireland to commit to a fair and funded phase out of fossil fuels and to support a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty
Methods: EmailLetterMeeting
Details by Method
Email
Email to Climate Committee highlighting the outcomes needed from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 30th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP30) and to share Trócaire's COP30 briefing
Email
Email to Climate Committee on COP30
Email
Email to Climate Committee regarding climate justice recommendations to be made on the proposals for Ireland's next carbon budget programme
Email
Email to Deputy Whitmore with information regarding Trócaire's climate justice policy recommendations
Email
Email/letter to An Taoiseach regarding the European Council decision on 2040 climate target and 2035 Nationally Determined Contribution
Email
Follow up to Trócaire's climate justice campaign launch and request for meeting regarding Trócaire's climate justice policy asks
Letter
Letter to Ministers regarding Ireland's international climate finance obligations in advance of Budget 2026
Meeting
Meeting held with Minister O'Brien, Minister Richmond & Michael Gaffey at COP30 to discuss Ireland's objectives at COP. Follow up information sent and further meeting with the Minister requested.
Meeting
Meetings with Deputy Byrne and Deputy Ahern to discuss Trócaire's climate justice policy asks and follow up information on the potential for Irish public funds to invest in fossil fuels
Politician(s) lobbied: Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Nina Carberry (MEP), European Parliament; Frances Black (Senator), Seanad
Intent: Justice, poverty relief and respect for human rights
Methods: EmailMeeting
Details by Method
Email
Email to connect MEP Carberry with European network
Meeting
Meeting with Senator Patricia Stephenson on situation in oPt-I
Meeting
Meetings with Senator Black on Occupied Territories Bill
Email
Request to Minister McEntee for meeting
Politician(s) lobbied: Nina Carberry (MEP), European Parliament; Seán Kelly (MEP), European Parliament; Regina Doherty (MEP), European Parliament; Maria Walsh (MEP), European Parliament; Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (MEP), European Parliament; Kathleen Funchion (MEP), European Parliament; Michael McNamara (MEP), European Parliament; Barry Andrews (MEP), European Parliament; Barry Cowen (MEP), European Parliament; Luke Ming Flanagan (MEP), European Parliament; Lynn Boylan (MEP), European Parliament; Billy Kelleher (MEP), European Parliament; Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (MEP), European Parliament; Patricia Stephenson (Senator), Seanad; Patricia Stephenson (Senator), Seanad; Paul Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alice-Mary Higgins (Senator), Seanad; Duncan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brian Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Shay Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Garret Ahearn (Senator), Seanad; Seán Ó Fearghaíl (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Lahart (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathy Bennett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Noel McCarthy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Fiona O'Loughlin (Senator), Seanad; Joe O'Reilly (Senator), Seanad
Intent: Protection of human rights defenders and civil society space
Methods: EmailMeeting
Details by Method
Email
Email to Irish MEPs sending on Civil Society Space MEP Briefing and seeking follow up meeting.
Email
Email to Sean Kelly MEP seeking a meeting between him and MMR partner CHRO during their stay in Brussels.
Email
Emails to members of the FA JOC regarding a joint parliamentarians' letter to Minister McEntee calling for Ireland to take a strong stance regarding the elections and possible further sanctions in Myanmar.
Meeting
Meeting with parliamentarians in the Oireachtas with Myanmar human rights partners CHRO that were visiting Ireland. Briefings sent to those who could not attend.
Politician(s) lobbied: Frances Black (Senator), Seanad; Seán Kelly (MEP), European Parliament; Nina Carberry (MEP), European Parliament; Regina Doherty (MEP), European Parliament; Maria Walsh (MEP), European Parliament; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Patricia Stephenson (Senator), Seanad; Neale Richmond (Minister of State), Department of Foreign Affairs; John Lahart (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathy Bennett (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; Ken O'Flynn (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; Niall Collins (Minister of State), Department of Justice
Intent: Justice, poverty relief and respect for human rights
Methods: EmailLetterMeeting
Details by Method
Email
Email to EPP MEPs requesting roundtable with partners
Letter
Letter to Minister Collins on the Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025
Letter
Letter to Minister Neale Richmond to request him join a meeting with Trócaire partners
Letter
Letters to JCFAT members on the Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 as well as a formal submission to the Committee.
Meeting
Meeting with Senator Patricia Stephenson on situation in oPt-I
Meeting
Meeting with Trócaire partners to discuss the situation in oPt-I
Politician(s) lobbied: Neale Richmond (Minister of State), Department of Foreign Affairs; Regina Doherty (MEP), European Parliament; Maria Walsh (MEP), European Parliament; Seán Kelly (MEP), European Parliament; Nina Carberry (MEP), European Parliament; Barry Cowen (MEP), European Parliament; Barry Andrews (MEP), European Parliament; Billy Kelleher (MEP), European Parliament; Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (MEP), European Parliament; Lynn Boylan (MEP), European Parliament; Kathleen Funchion (MEP), European Parliament; Luke Ming Flanagan (MEP), European Parliament; Michael McNamara (MEP), European Parliament; Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (MEP), European Parliament
Intent: Commitment to increased public spending and reform of multilateral institutions
Methods: EmailLetter
Details by Method
Email
Email to Irish MEPs on behalf of Trocaire Guatemala and EU-LAT asking them to support the candidacy of Virginia Laparra for the Sakharov Human Rights Prize.
Letter
Letter to Minister Richmond with respect to Ireland's engagement in the UN Financing for Development Conference FfD4
Politician(s) lobbied: Catherine Connolly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marie Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Noel McCarthy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pa Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Réada Cronin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ciarán Ahern (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Whitmore (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Duncan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gary Gannon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alice-Mary Higgins (Senator), Seanad; Roderic O'Gorman (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Malcolm Noonan (Senator), Seanad; Sinéad Gibney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ruth Coppinger (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Ó Fearghaíl (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Shay Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Lahart (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Lynn Boylan (MEP), European Parliament; Brian Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathy Bennett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Barry Heneghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Naoise Ó Muirí (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Naoise O'Cearúil (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Janet Horner (Councillor), Dublin City Council; Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Lynn Boylan (MEP), European Parliament; Ciarán Ahern (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Ireland to commit to a fair and funded phase out of fossil fuels and to support a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty
Methods: EmailLetterMeeting
Details by Method
Email
Campaign launch follow up and request for meeting re Campaign advocacy asks
Email
Invitation to launch of new report Fuelling Injustice - Ireland’s fossil fuel problem and the case for a fair, funded, global phase out
Letter
Letter to Minister O'Brien regarding Government policy on commercial LNG
Meeting
Meeting with Deputy Ahern re climate advocacy asks related to Trócaire's climate justice campaign
Meeting
Meeting with MEP Boylan re climate advocacy asks related to Trócaire's climate justice campaign
