UNICEF Ireland

Lobbying Organisation UNICEF Ireland

Date published 21 Nov, 2024

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Education and Training

Period 1 Sep, 2024 to 31 Dec, 2024

Specific Details Invest in education, ensuring equal opportunities for all children.

Intended results Endorsement of our election manifesto which outlines UNICEF Ireland’s Child Rights Election Manifesto outlines 10 urgent priorities grounded in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Vivienne Parry

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.

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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.

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

Simon Harris An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)

Micheál Martin Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Stephen Donnelly Minister (Department of Health)

Charlie McConalogue Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

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

Jack Chambers Minister (Department of Finance)

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

Heather Humphreys Minister (Department of Social Protection)

Helen McEntee Minister (Department of Justice)

Peter Burke Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)

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

Hildegarde Naughton Government Chief Whip and Minister (Department of the Taoiseach)

Dara Calleary Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)

Pippa Hackett Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill Minister of State (Department of the Taoiseach)

Kieran O'Donnell Minister of State (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)

Ossian Smyth Minister of State (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Colm Burke Minister of State (Department of Health)

Martin Heydon Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Anne Rabitte Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)

Sean Fleming Minister of State (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Joe O'Brien Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)

Alan Dillon Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

Malcolm Noonan Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

Mary Butler Minister of State (Department of Health)

Thomas Byrne Minister of State (Department of Education)

Thomas Byrne Minister of State (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)

Niall Collins Minister of State (Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science)

Neale Richmond Minister of State (Department of Finance)

James Browne Minister of State (Department of Justice)

Emer Higgins Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)

James Lawless Minister of State (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)