NewsBrands Ireland

Lobbying Organisation NewsBrands Ireland

Date published 21 Sep, 2021

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 May, 2021 to 31 Aug, 2021

Specific Details Review of Defamation Act

Intended results Brief on challenges of existing legislation

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Ann Marie Lenihan

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.

Virtual Meeting (1)

The meeting covered a variety of areas relevant to the news publishing industry, including importance of public service journalism, challenges facing news publishers, urgent need for defamation law reform and importance of providing a mechanism within the transposition of copyright directive to support publishers in their negotiation with platforms or compel the platforms to negotiate fairly.

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.

Leo Varadkar An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Dermot Mulligan Assistant Secretary (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)

Nick Miller Assistant Government Press Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)