Trócaire

Lobbying Organisation Trócaire

Date published 20 Jan, 2025

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area EU Affairs

Period 1 Sep, 2024 to 31 Dec, 2024

Specific Details Corporate accountability, justice and addressing poverty

Intended results 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

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Siobhan Curran

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 (11-20)

Email requests to politicians seeking a meeting with members of the Xinka Parliament, Guatemala, to discuss corporate harm and human rights in Guatemala and the need for legally binding regulation.

Meeting (1)

Meeting with Senator Mal O Hara and the Xinca parliament to discuss corporate harm in Guatemala.

Meeting (1)

Meeting with Lynn Boylan on Human Rights Due Diligence

Meeting (2-5)

Meeting with Ireland’s Ambassador to the UN in Geneva on the UN Binding Treaty to regulate translational corporations.

Letter (1)

ICBHR joint letter with ActionAid, Oxfam and Christian Aid to Minister Peter Burke on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.

Letter (2-5)

ICBHR joint letter with ActionAid, Oxfam and Christian Aid to Irish EPP MEPs on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.

Email (1)

Email to Barry Andrews on on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.

Letter (11-20)

Letter to all Irish MEPs seeking signatures for EU-Lat letter about murder of environmental defender

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.

Lynn Boylan MEP (European Parliament)

Cynthia Ní Mhurchú MEP (European Parliament)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin MEP (European Parliament)

Richard Boyd Barrett TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paul Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Sean Kelly MEP (European Parliament)

Catherine Connolly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

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

Kathleen Funchion MEP (European Parliament)

Nina Carberry MEP (European Parliament)

Mal O'Hara Senator (Seanad)

Lynn Boylan MEP (European Parliament)

Noel White Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Peter Burke Minister of State (Department of the Taoiseach)

Maria Walsh MEP (European Parliament)

Regina Doherty MEP (European Parliament)

Sean Kelly MEP (European Parliament)

Barry Andrews MEP (European Parliament)

Billy Kelleher MEP (European Parliament)

Barry Cowen MEP (European Parliament)

Luke Ming Flanagan MEP (European Parliament)

Ciaran Mullooly MEP (European Parliament)

Michael McNamara MEP (European Parliament)

Regina Doherty MEP (European Parliament)