Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Lobbying Organisation Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Date published 19 Jan, 2024

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Trade

Period 1 Sep, 2023 to 31 Dec, 2023

Specific Details Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Act

Intended results Application for designation as a “qualified entity” for the purposes of taking domestic representative actions or taking cross-border representative actions, in the context of the Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Act. ICCL satisfies the criteria set out in section 8(1) of the Act.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Liam Herrick

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.

Email (1)

Email with letter attachment to Minister for Enterprise Trade and Employment, Simon Coveney TD sent in September.

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.

Simon Coveney Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)