Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Lobbying Organisation Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Date published 21 May, 2021

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Community

Period 1 Jan, 2021 to 30 Apr, 2021

Specific Details Charities Act 2009

Intended results Request for information on the review of the Charities Act 2009

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 (2-5)

Email to Minister of State with special responsibility for Community Development and Charities, Joe O'Brien TD, requesting information about an upcoming review of the Charities Act 2009 sent in January 2021. Email sent to Claire Kerrane, TD and Paul Donnelly TD requesting that a Parliamentary Question be asked about an upcoming review of the Charities Act 2009 sent in March 2021.

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.

Joe O'Brien Minister of State (Department of Rural and Community Development)

Claire Kerrane TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paul Donnelly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)