European Anti-Poverty Network Ireland (European Anti-Poverty Network Ireland CLG)

Lobbying Organisation European Anti-Poverty Network Ireland

Date published 15 Apr, 2026

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Social Protection

Period 1 Jan. 2026 to 30 Apr. 2026

Specific Details We emailed all Irish MEPs in advance of the Parliament Vote on the Anti-Poverty Strategy report to seek their support for voting for the report in its entirety

Intended results To ensure that the Strategy that was agreed by Parliament would be comprehensive and wide-ranging enough with measures such as a minimum income and other elements including and that the report of the Committee which was presenting the report, would be adopted in full

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Clare Daly

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?) Yes

Current or Former Designated Public Official(s)

Clare Daly (Former DPO) MEP (European Parliament)

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 (2-5)

All MEPs were contacted on February 3rd via email, Fine Gael MEPs were contacted again on Feb 19th as they voted against some of the important provisions in the committee's report

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.

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin MEP (European Parliament)

Barry Andrews MEP (European Parliament)

Barry Cowen MEP (European Parliament)

Billy Kelleher MEP (European Parliament)

Ciaran Mullooly MEP (European Parliament)

Cynthia Ní Mhurchú MEP (European Parliament)

Kathleen Funchion MEP (European Parliament)

Luke Ming Flanagan MEP (European Parliament)

Lynn Boylan MEP (European Parliament)

Maria Walsh MEP (European Parliament)

Michael McNamara MEP (European Parliament)

Nina Carberry MEP (European Parliament)

Regina Doherty MEP (European Parliament)

Seán Kelly MEP (European Parliament)