Uplift

Lobbying Organisation Uplift

Date published 21 Jan, 2025

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Foreign Affairs

Period 1 Sep, 2024 to 31 Dec, 2024

Specific Details All TDs and Senators were sent letters and emails saying legal action would be taken if the government do not stop all military trade with Israel, all dual-use trade with Israel and the use of Irish airspace for transporting weapons to the Israeli army.

Intended results That all military trade with Israel, all dual-use trade with Israel and the use of Irish airspace for transporting weapons to the Israeli army be stopped.

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? Yes

What is the directive you gave to the grassroots campaigners? Uplift members were asked to email their TDs.

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Mass communications

Email All TDs 250 emails were sent to TDs.

Email All Senators 250 emails were sent to Senators

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Letter (2-5)

Letters were delivered to Simon Harris, Micheál Martin, Peter Burke and Eamon Ryan.

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.

Eamon Ryan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Micheál Martin Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Simon Harris An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)

Peter Burke Minister of State (Department of Defence)