Politician(s) lobbied: 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; Shay Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Noel McCarthy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Ó Fearghaíl (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Fiona O'Loughlin (Senator), Seanad; Garret Ahearn (Senator), Seanad; Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Thomas Byrne (Minister of State), Department of the Taoiseach
Intent: Ireland to introduce robust gender responsive mandatory Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence legislation::Ireland to support a UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights
Methods: MeetingEmailLetter
Details by Method
Meeting
Email invitations to members of Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs to attend Dail AV Room presentation by ICBHR and other civil society organisations on EU deregulation ahead of EU presidency.
Email
Email to Lynn Boylan MEP seeking meeting to discuss support for LBI.
Letter
ICBHR letters to Ministers Peter Burke and Thomas Byrne calling for Open Public Consultation on CSDDD Guidelines to be confirmed and commenced.
Letter
Letter by Trocaire CEO to Minister Helen McEntee seeking Ireland's support for EU negotiating mandate.
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; Naoise Ó Muirí (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Mark Duffy (Senator), Seanad; Lorraine Clifford-Lee (Senator), Seanad; Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Simon Harris (Minister), Department of Finance; John Clendennen (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Roderic O'Gorman (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Malcolm Byrne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Fergal Mythen (Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations), Department of Foreign Affairs; Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Simon Harris (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Finance; Joe Flaherty (Senator), Seanad; Joe Conway (Senator), Seanad; Pauline Tully (Senator), Seanad; Aubrey McCarthy (Senator), Seanad; Victor Boyhan (Senator), Seanad; Tom Clonan (Senator), Seanad; Gerard Craughwell (Senator), Seanad; Sharon Keogan (Senator), Seanad; Michael McDowell (Senator), Seanad; Rónán Mullen (Senator), Seanad; Joanne Collins (Senator), Seanad; Maria McCormack (Senator), Seanad; Conor Murphy (Senator), Seanad; Nicole Ryan (Senator), Seanad; Chris Andrews (Senator), Seanad; Nessa Cosgrove (Senator), Seanad; Laura Harmon (Senator), Seanad; Sarah O'Reilly (Senator), Seanad; Manus Boyle (Senator), Seanad; Paraic Brady (Senator), Seanad; Cathal Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Garret Kelleher (Senator), Seanad; Mike Kennelly (Senator), Seanad; Eileen Lynch (Senator), Seanad; PJ Murphy (Senator), Seanad; Linda Nelson Murray (Senator), Seanad; Evanne Ní Chuilinn (Senator), Seanad; Noel O'Donovan (Senator), Seanad; Gareth Scahill (Senator), Seanad; Garret Ahearn (Senator), Seanad; Nikki Bradley (Senator), Seanad; Maria Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Martin Conway (Senator), Seanad; Seán Kyne (Senator), Seanad; Joe O'Reilly (Senator), Seanad; Alison Comyn (Senator), Seanad; Teresa Costello (Senator), Seanad; Shane Curley (Senator), Seanad; Imelda Goldsboro (Senator), Seanad; Dee Ryan (Senator), Seanad; Niall Blaney (Senator), Seanad; Pat Casey (Senator), Seanad; Ollie Crowe (Senator), Seanad; Mark Daly (Senator), Seanad; Paul Daly (Senator), Seanad; Aidan Davitt (Senator), Seanad; Mary Fitzpatrick (Senator), Seanad; Robbie Gallagher (Senator), Seanad; Margaret Murphy O'Mahony (Senator), Seanad; Fiona O'Loughlin (Senator), Seanad; Anne Rabbitte (Minister of State), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Diarmuid Wilson (Senator), Seanad; Frances Black (Senator), Seanad; Eileen Flynn (Senator), Seanad; Lynn Ruane (Senator), Seanad; Patricia Stephenson (Senator), Seanad; Noel O'Donovan (Senator), Seanad
Intent: Ireland to commit to a fair and funded phase out of fossil fuels and to support a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty
Methods: EmailLetter
Details by Method
Email
Email to Committee members regarding the upcoming Committee discussions on the Development (Strategic Gas Reserve) Bill 2026.
Email
Email to TDs regarding advocacy asks on the ongoing discussions on the bill to introduce a Strategic Gas Emergency Reserve in Ireland.
Letter
Letter to Minister McEntee on the upcoming UNGA Resolution on the ICJ's Advisory Opinion on the obligations of states in the context of climate change.
Letter
Letter to Minister O'Brien in relation to the EU's position on COP31
Letter
Letter to Taoiseach, Tánaiste and Minister Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding the Laudato Si Movement's 'Europe Be Faithful' campaign and advocacy asks of the Irish Government.
Politician(s) lobbied: Cian O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aisling Dempsey (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Albert Dolan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Naoise O'Cearúil (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Emer Currie (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ged Nash (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seamus McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mairéad Farrell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Rose Conway-Walsh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Ardagh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Evanne Ní Chuilinn (Senator), Seanad; Shay Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Laura Harmon (Senator), Seanad; Sorca Clarke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brian Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Donna McGettigan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ged Nash (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Timmy Dooley (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Naoise O'Cearúil (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sorca Clarke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Thomas Byrne (Minister of State), Department of the Taoiseach
Intent: Irish government increases ODA and publishes roadmap to reach 0.7% GNI in ODA by 2030
Methods: EmailLetterMeeting
Details by Method
Email
Contact with TDs regarding invitations to TD trip to Malawi
Letter
Letter to Minister Byrne on MFF and Global Gateway in advance of informal meeting of EU Ministers.
Letter
Letter to Minister McEntee on MFF, Global Gateway and an EU ban on trade with the illegal Israeli settlements.
Meeting
Meeting with Deputy McGettigan as part of Dóchas on ODA.
Meeting
Meeting with Deputy Nash as part of Dóchas on ODA.
Meeting
Meeting with Minister Dooley as part of Dóchas on ODA.
Politician(s) lobbied: Frances Black (Senator), Seanad; Patricia Stephenson (Senator), Seanad; 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; 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; Michael Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Robert O'Donoghue (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eamon Scanlon (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: Justice, poverty relief and respect for human rights
Methods: LetterEmailMeeting
Details by Method
Letter
Email to members of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade on the Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill
Email
Email to select committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade regarding inclusion of services in the Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill
Meeting
Meeting with Senator Frances Black on situation in oPt-I
Email
Meeting with Senator Patricia Stephenson on situation in oPt-I
Meeting
Presentation to the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs on the situations in situations in Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon.
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
