Irish Council for Civil Liberties (Irish Council for Civil Liberties)

Lobbying Organisation Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Date published 19 May, 2026

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Jan. 2026 to 30 Apr. 2026

Specific Details Meeting with Minister of State's Office

Intended results To discuss Grok, age-verification, reported domestic plans fora digital wallet, online anonymity.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Olga Cronin

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 to Ellen McGrath of Deputy Niamh Smyth's office to share a letter ICCL and DRI had sent to the DPC, and to outline ICCL's position re: Grok and the DPC's powers to investigate.

Meeting (1)

Meeting with Ellen McGrath. Johnny Ryan of ICCL/Enforce was also present.

Email (2-5)

Follow up email to meeting and an introductory email connecting Ellen McGrath with Neil and Conor Brady of Caliber AI. Additional email sent with an updated version of ICCL's table of law re:Grok.

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.

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

Ellen McGrath Special Advisor (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)