Irish Development Education Association

Lobbying Organisation Irish Development Education Association

Date published 20 Sep, 2024

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Education and Training

Period 1 May, 2024 to 31 Aug, 2024

Specific Details Ensuring Global Citizenship Education (GCE) and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) are adequately resourced in Budget2025 and beyond

Intended results Relevant Ministers, TDs and Senators to support our budget recommendations on GCE and ESD in Budget2025

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Leigh Brady, Policy and Advocacy Manager IDEA

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Mass communications

Email All TDs All TDs emailed with a copy of our pre-budget 2025 submission

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (1)

Joint email to the Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform sending them our pre-Budget2025 submission and requesting consideration of our recommendations in Budget 2025

Email (1)

Joint email to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Minister of State for International Development sending them our pre-Budget2025 submission for information given their remit in allocating funding to GCE within Irish Aid.

Email (2-5)

Individual emails to the Minister for Education and Skills, the Minister for Further and Higher Education, the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications and the Minister for Children and Youth sending them our pre-Budget2025 submission for information given their remit in programming and funding GCE/ESD via the ESD-to-2030 strategy and the SDG National Implementation Plan

Email (1)

Joint email to the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Minister of State for Community Development sending them our pre-Budget2025 submission for information given their remit in programming and funding GCE/ESD at community level

Email (1)

Email to Minister of Housing, Local Government and Heritage sending him our pre-Budget2025 submission for information given his remit in overseeing programming and funding of GCE/ESD at Local Authority level

Social Media (2-5)

Tweets on 15 and 16 July on IDEA: Irish Development Education Association @IDEAIreland, promoting our budget recommendations for Budget2025, tagging various Departments and 1 Minister: @IRLDeptFinance @IRLDeptPER @dfatirl @DeptofFHed @Education_Ire @EamonRyan

Email (1)

Individual email sent to Deputy Marc O'Cathasaigh with our pre-budget submission requesting a meeting to discuss

Email (2-5)

Some Senators and TDs jointly emailed in their roles as Chair or Vice-Chair of Oireachtas Committees with a copy of our pre-budget 2025 submission Charles Flanagan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas) Diarmuid Wilson Senator (Seanad) Paul Kehoe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas) Fiona O'Loughlin Senator (Seanad)

Meeting (1)

Meeting with Deputy Marc O'Cathasaigh in Leinster House on 24 July

Email (1)

Follow up email to meeting, thanking Deputy O'Cathasaigh for his time and sharing with him electronic versions of policy documents, inquiring about possibility to address the Joint Committee on Education and Further and Higher Education

Email (2-5)

Social Democrats spokespersons (Catherine Murphy, cc. Holly Cairns and Roisin Shorthall) emailed with pre-budget submissions and meeting requested to discuss our budget and policy recommendations ahead of Budget 2025 and the next General Election on 7 August. Sinn Fein spokespersons emailed with pre-budget submission and meeting requested to discuss our budget and policy recommendations ahead of Budget 2025 and the next General Election on 7 August

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

Jack Chambers Minister (Department of Finance)

Paschal Donohoe Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)

Micheál Martin Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Sean Fleming Minister of State (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Norma Foley Minister (Department of Education)

Patrick O'Donovan Minister (Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science)

Roderic O'Gorman Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)

Joe O'Brien Minister of State (Department of Rural and Community Development)

Darragh O'Brien Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

Eamon Ryan Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)

Heather Humphreys Minister (Department of Rural and Community Development)

Matt Carthy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Holly Cairns TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Pearse Doherty TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Róisín Shorthall TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Catherine Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Charles Flanagan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Fiona O'Loughlin Senator (Seanad)

Paul Kehoe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Diarmuid Wilson Senator (Seanad)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)