Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Lobbying Organisation Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Date published 20 May, 2023

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Jan, 2023 to 30 Apr, 2023

Specific Details Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill 2023

Intended results Secure amendments to the legislation.

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

Letter (1)

Letter to Minister for Justice, Simon Harris TD send in February 2023

Email (11-20)

Emails to members of the Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment and other TDs and Senators in April 2023

Meeting (1)

Meeting with Minister for Justice, Simon Harris TD, Senior officials and advisers on 20 Feb 2023.

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.

Simon Harris Minister (Department of Justice)

John O'Callaghan Assistant Secretary (Department of Justice)

Patrick Cluskey Special Adviser (Department of Justice)

Fiach Kelly Special Adviser (Department of Justice)

Marie Sherlock Senator (Seanad)

Louise O'Reilly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Maurice Quinlivan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mick Barry TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Richard Bruton TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Francis Noel Duffy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

James O'Connor TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Joe Flaherty TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

David Stanton TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Garret Ahearn Senator (Seanad)

Ollie Crowe Senator (Seanad)

Róisín Garvey Senator (Seanad)

Paul Gavan Senator (Seanad)

Matt Shanahan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)