Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Lobbying Organisation Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Date published 20 Sep, 2025

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 May, 2025 to 31 Aug, 2025

Specific Details Digital Algorithms and Elections

Intended results Outline the impact of digital algorithms on elections and actions that can be taken.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Johnny Ryan

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 (2-5)

Email correspondence with Justice Marie Baker, Chair of the Electoral Commission and Gary Gannon TD in June 2025

Informal communication (1)

Exhange with Justice Marie Baker, Chair of the Electoral Commission on 27 June 2025.

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.

Justice Marie Baker Chairperson (Electoral Commission)

Gary Gannon TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)