Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Lobbying Organisation Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Date published 21 Sep, 2021

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Local Government

Period 1 May, 2021 to 31 Aug, 2021

Specific Details Electoral Reform Bill

Intended results Amendments to the draft Electoral Reform Bill Provide a briefing on suggested amendments Seek a meeting with Committee Members to suggest changes to the general scheme of the Bill. Seek a meeting with Minister of State Malcolm Noonan to discuss Electoral Reform Bill

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Liam Herrick and Ronan Kennedy

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 (31-50)

Email communication throughout period with Cian O'Callaghan TD, Senator Mary Fitzpatrick, Paul McAuliffe TD, Senator Rebecca Moynihan, Steven Matthews TD, Jennifer Carroll McNeill TD, Email to Minister of State Malcolm Noonan TD on 19 May 2021. Email to members of the Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage sent on 18 May 2021.

Letter (1)

Letter sent to Ambassador Michael Gaffey on 29 June 2021.

Virtual Meeting (2-5)

Virtual meetings throughout period with Cian O'Callaghan TD, Senator Mary Fitzpatrick, Paul McAuliffe TD, Senator Rebecca Moynihan, Steven Matthews TD,

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.

Cian O'Callaghan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mary Fitzpatrick Senator (Seanad)

Paul McAuliffe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Rebecca Moynihan Senator (Seanad)

Steven Matthews TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Francis Noel Duffy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Joe Flaherty TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Thomas Gould TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Emer Higgins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Richard O'Donoghue TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Eoin Ó Broin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Victor Boyhan Senator (Seanad)

John Cummins Senator (Seanad)

Mary Seery Kearney Senator (Seanad)

Michael Gaffey Assistant Secretary (Department of Foreign Affairs)