Uplift

Lobbying Organisation Uplift

Date published 23 Jan, 2024

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Foreign Affairs

Period 1 Sep, 2023 to 31 Dec, 2023

Specific Details Emails, calls and Tweets sent to the Tánaiste and the Taoseach asking that the Permanent Mission to the UN for Ireland would call for a ceasefire in Gaza

Intended results Ireland's UN representative would call for a Uniting for Peace Resolution for a ceasefire and end to the blockade of Gaza

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Brian Cuthbert

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.

Phone call (100+)

224 Uplift members called the Taoiseach and Minister for Foreign Affairs asking them to support a ceasefire in Gaza

Email (100+)

Uplift members sent 2,502 emails to the Taoiseach and Minister for Foreign Affairs to bring a ceasefire to Gaza

Phone call (100+)

Uplift members made 287 phone calls to Ireland's UN representative asking them to vote for a Uniting for Peace Resolution for a ceasefire and end to the blockade of Gaza

Social Media (100+)

Uplift members sent 125 Tweets to the Taoiseach and Minister for Foreign Affairs asking them to support a ceasefire in Gaza

Social Media (100+)

Uplift member sent 337 Tweets to Ireland's UN representative asking them to vote for a Uniting for Peace Resolution for a ceasefire and end to the blockade of Gaza

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.

Micheál Martin Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Leo Varadkar Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)

Fergal Mythen Assistant Secretary (Department of Foreign Affairs)