Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Lobbying Organisation Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Date published 20 Sep, 2025

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area EU Affairs

Period 1 May, 2025 to 31 Aug, 2025

Specific Details EU AI Act Implementaion

Intended results Secure a meeting to discuss the implementation of the EU AI Act in Ireland Raise outstanding issues with the AI Act implementation in Ireland and the urgency to take action

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

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)

Emails Peter Burke (Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment) and Niamh Smyth (Minister of State for Trade Promotion, Artificial Intelligence and Digital Transformation) in July 2025.

Virtual Meeting (1)

Virtual meeting with Sinead Gibney TD in 10 July 2025.

Informal communication (1)

Message to Des Hogan, Data Protection Commissioner on 31 July 2025.

Email (11-20)

Email correspondece with selected TDs and Senators in August 2025.

Meeting (1)

Meeting with Data Protection Commissioner Des Hogan on 30 July 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.

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

Niamh Smyth Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)

Dr. Des Hogan Data Protection Commissioner (Data Protection Commission)

Sinéad Gibney TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paul Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Lynn Ruane Senator (Seanad)

Laura Harmon Senator (Seanad)

Kiera Keogh TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Naoise O'Cearúil TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

James Geoghegan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)