Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Lobbying Organisation Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Date published 21 Jan, 2019

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Local Government

Period 1 Sep, 2018 to 31 Dec, 2018

Specific Details Electoral Acts Restrictions on Civil Society Organisations

Intended results Reform of Electoral Acts to address problems which prevent civil society organisations in Ireland from freely carrying out work to defend human rights, deepening democracy, and advocating for social justice and equality.

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? Yes

What is the directive you gave to the grassroots campaigners? Sign a petition "Sign the Open Letter - Defend Civil Society"

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (1)

Email sent to Assistant Secretary Andrew Munro, addressed to An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, highlighting the petition and advocating for reform of the Electoral Acts.

Letter (1)

Letter (attached to an email) addressed to An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, highlighting the petition and advocating for reform of the Electoral Acts.

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.

Andrew Munro Assistant Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)

Leo Varadkar Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)