Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Lobbying Organisation Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Date published 20 Jan, 2023

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Sep, 2022 to 31 Dec, 2022

Specific Details Oireacthas Business

Intended results To seek improvements to the scheduling of legislation and avoid end of term rushing. Seeking information on when an earlier letter to the Business Committee on parliamentary procedure might be addressed.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity 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 (11-20)

Emails with letter attached sent to Dáil Business Committee, Ceann Comhairle, Cathaoirleach of the Seanad, Taoiseach, Tanaiste, Eamon Ryan TD, Mary Lou McDonald TD, Ivana Bacik TD, Roisin Shortall TD, Catherine Murphy TD, Paul Murphy TD, Richard Boyd Barrett TD, and Catherine Connolly TD in September 2022. Email correspondence with Cian O'Callaghan TD in November 2022.

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.

Seán Ó Fearghaíl TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Richard Boyd Barrett TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jack Chambers TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Brendan Griffin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Padráig Mac Lochlainn TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mattie McGrath TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Joe McHugh TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Denis Naughten TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

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

Thomas Pringle TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Duncan Smith TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mark Daly Senator (Seanad)

Micheál Martin Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Leo Varadkar An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Eamon Ryan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mary Lou McDonald TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ivana Bacik TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Róisín Shorthall TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Catherine Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paul Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Catherine Connolly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)