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 EU Affairs

Period 1 May. 2026 to 31 Aug. 2026

Specific Details Query to Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation in respect of the forthcoming Government Digital Wallet

Intended results Letter from ICCL to communicate six primary concerns re the Digital Wallet: Lack of a legal basis; The anchor credential for the wallet is inappropriate; How will people without an Android phone or an iPhone use the wallet?; Governance; Transparency and public trust; and Reported use of the wallet for a social media ban for under-16s/age-verification

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.

Letter (1)

One email with letter attached to Ms Louise McKeever, Government Chief Information Officer, Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation and copied to Deputy Frankie Feighan, Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

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.

Louise McKeever Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Frank Feighan Minister of State (Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform)