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

Lobbying Organisation Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Date published 21 Sep, 2026

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Foreign Affairs

Period 1 May. 2026 to 31 Aug. 2026

Specific Details EU Blocking mechanism usage

Intended results That the EU Blocking Mechanism is used to protect the International Criminal Court and those that engage with it.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Joe O'Brien

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?) Yes

Current or Former Designated Public Official(s)

Joe O'Brien (Former DPO) Minister of State (Dáil Éireann, the Lower House of the Oireachtas)

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 sent (dates required) to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Minister of State for European Affairs, and the Minister of State for International Law, Law Reform and Youth Justice.

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.

Helen McEntee Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Thomas Byrne Minister of State (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Catherine Ardagh TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)