Trócaire

Lobbying Organisation Trócaire

Date published 22 May, 2026

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Foreign Affairs

Period 1 Jan, 2026 to 30 Apr, 2026

Specific Details Climate Justice, ODA and humanitarian need, and justice in the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel

Intended results 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

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? Yes

What is the directive you gave to the grassroots campaigners? Climate volunteers were encouraged to write to Minister O'Brien to request action ahead of the First Conference on the Transition Away from Fossil Fuels in Colombia. Request to campaigners to write to An Taoiseach ahead of his visit to the White House on St Patrick's Day March 2026 & request for campaigners to write to Minister McEntee to pass the Occupied Territories Bill, including services.

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (1)

Request to Deputy Ahern to submit Parliamentary Questions relating to Ireland's International Climate Finance Roadmap

Virtual Meeting (1)

Virtual meeting with Senator Patricia Stephenson to discuss regulation of private finance flows to fossil fuels.

Email (11-20)

Email detailing Trócaire's advocacy asks of the Irish Government ahead of the First International Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels

Letter (1)

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

Email (11-20)

Email to Climate Committee members calling for pre-legislative scrutiny on strategic gas emergency reserve bill

Meeting (1)

Presented at Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Energy and the Environment's Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Strategic Gas Emergency Reserve Bill

Email (11-20)

Email regarding Trócaire's position on the strategic gas emergency reserve bill pre-legislative scrutiny.

Email (2-5)

Emailed MEPs on EU Legislative Proposal on Plant Reproductive Material (PRM)E

Email (1)

Email asking Irish Government to reject further EU deregulation

Informal communication (2-5)

Meetings with Sinn Féin delegates at the SF Ard Fheis on ODA and humanitarian need

Meeting (1)

Meeting with Minister Richmond, along with other development organisations.

Meeting (1)

Presented to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs on the situation in Sudan

Email (1)

Email to connect MEP Carberry with European network

Meeting (2-5)

Meetings with Senator Black on Occupied Territories Bill

Meeting (1)

Meeting with Senator Patricia Stephenson on situation in oPt-I

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.

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)