Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Lobbying Organisation Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Date published 21 Sep, 2023

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area EU Affairs

Period 1 May, 2023 to 31 Aug, 2023

Specific Details Situation Facing NGOs and Human Rights Groups in Georgia

Intended results To draw attention to the attacks on Tbilisi pride events in Georgia and to ask the EU Affairs Committee to raise the matter with the delegation from Georgia who appeared at the Committee earlier in the year. To draw attention to the attacks on Tbilisi pride events in Georgia to the Ceann Comhairle given his recent visit to the country.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity 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 (11-20)

Email to the members of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs CCing the Chair.

Email (1)

Forwarding the email sent to the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs to the Cenn Comhairle.

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.

Seán Ó Fearghaíl TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Colm Brophy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Brendan Howlin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Matt Carthy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Francis Noel Duffy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Damien English TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Marian Harkin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Haughey TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Robert Troy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ruairí Ó Murchú TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Lisa Chambers Senator (Seanad)

Regina Doherty Senator (Seanad)

Sharon Keogan Senator (Seanad)

Vincent P Martin Senator (Seanad)

Michael McDowell Senator (Seanad)