Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Lobbying Organisation Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Date published 21 Sep, 2021

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 May, 2021 to 31 Aug, 2021

Specific Details Vaccine/Immunity Passports

Intended results Seek information on Government policy on introduction of vaccine/immunity passport system. Outline human rights concerns about the creation of a domestic Covid-19 vaccine/recovery/immunity passport system Get greater clarity on the data protection considerations and safeguards for the use of Digital Covid Certificates on the Covid Tracker App. Call for proper legal scrutiny and end to discriminatory proposals.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Liam Herrick, Doireann Ansbro and Olga Cronin

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.

Social Media (1)

Tweet directed at An Taoiseach Micheál Martin sent on 08 July 2021.

Letter (2-5)

Letters sent to Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly TD, Minister of State Ossian Smyth TD on 30 June 2021 and to Assistant Secretary Muiris O'Connor (Department of Health) on 14 & 22 July 2021.

Email (11-20)

Emails sent to Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly TD, Senator Sharon Keogan, Minister of State Ossian Smyth TD, and Health Committee throughout July Further email to Minister of State Ossian Smyth TD sent on 08 August 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.

Micheál Martin An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)

Stephen Donnelly Minister (Department of Health)

Ossian Smyth Minister of State (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Muiris O’Connor Assistant Secretary (Department of Health)

Sharon Keogan Senator (Seanad)

Colm Burke TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Cathal Crowe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Crowe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

David Cullinane TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Bernard Durkan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Neasa Hourigan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Gino Kenny TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John Lahart TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Róisín Shorthall TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Frances Black Senator (Seanad)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee Senator (Seanad)

Martin Conway Senator (Seanad)

Annie Hoey Senator (Seanad)

Seán Kyne Senator (Seanad)