Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Lobbying Organisation Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Date published 19 Jan, 2018

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Local Government

Period 1 Sep, 2017 to 31 Dec, 2017

Specific Details Electoral Acts

Intended results Providing information to Adviser and officials regarding impact of the Electoral Acts on civil society, and seeking a review of the law in this regard.

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

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.

Meeting (1)

Meeting with Dr Jennifer Carroll MacNeill at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government in regards to the impact of the impact of the Electoral Acts on civil society, and seeking a review of the law.

Letter (6-10)

Letters to Ministers and Secretaries General in regards to the impact of the impact of the Electoral Acts on civil society, and seeking a review of the law.

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.

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill Special Adviser (Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government)

Simon Coveney Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Eoghan Murphy Minister (Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government)

Charles Flanagan Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)

Paschal Donohoe Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Niall Burgess Secretary General (Department of Foreign Affairs)

John McCarthy Secretary General (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)

Noel Waters Secretary General (Department of Justice and Equality)

Robert Watt Secretary General (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)