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 Support by relevant party spokespersons for our budget recommendations on GCE and ESD in Budget2025 Inclusion of our budget and policy recommendations in party General Election Manifestos

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

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (1)

Social Democrats spokespersons (Catherine Murphy, cc. Holly Cairns and Roisin Shortall) 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

Email (1)

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.

Catherine Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Holly Cairns TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Róisín Shorthall TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Pearse Doherty TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Matt Carthy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)