Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Lobbying Organisation Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Date published 22 Jan, 2026

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Communications

Period 1 Sep, 2025 to 31 Dec, 2025

Specific Details Data Protection Enforcement

Intended results Request that questions in Dail Eireann and relevant Oireachtas Committees by asked regarding data protection enforcement against data brokers that sell peoples location data. Hold a briefing on the Real Time Bidding security breach and related data protection concerns.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Johnny Ryan

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 (6-10)

Email correspondence with Ivana Bacik TD, Sinead Gibney TD, Barry Ward TD and Gary Gannon TD. Email to Minister for Jusitce Jim O'Callaghan TD in September.

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.

Ivana Bacik TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Sinéad Gibney TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Barry Ward TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Gary Gannon TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jim O'Callaghan Minister (Department of Justice)