CyberSafeIreland

Lobbying Organisation CyberSafeIreland

Date published 09 Jan, 2025

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Children and Youth Affairs

Period 1 Sep, 2024 to 31 Dec, 2024

Specific Details Children's online safety

Intended results Promoting awareness about children's online safety as a policy priority

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Alex Cooney

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 (21-30)

Invitation to attend CSK presentation at an AV Day in October

Letter (6-10)

Letter to those in Government negotiation discussions in relation to online safety commitments in the new programme for government.

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.

Mary Butler Minister of State (Department of Health)

Stephen Donnelly Minister (Department of Health)

Norma Foley Minister (Department of Education)

Mary Lou McDonald TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Holly Cairns TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Richard Boyd Barrett TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ivana Bacik TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Micheál Martin Tánaiste and Minister (Department of the Taoiseach)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill Minister of State (Department of Finance)

Peadar Tóibín TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Simon Harris An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)

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

Pa Daly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Gary Gannon TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Sherlock TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Pauline O'Reilly Senator (Seanad)

Roderic O'Gorman Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)

Ciaran Cannon TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Emer Higgins Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)

Malcolm Byrne Senator (Seanad)

Mary Seery Kearney Senator (Seanad)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mick Barry TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Tim Lombard Senator (Seanad)

Barry Ward TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jim O'Callaghan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jack Chambers Minister of State (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)

Shay Brennan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Kieran O'Donnell Minister of State (The Office of Public Works)

Patrick O'Donovan Minister (Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science)

Jerry Buttimer Senator (Seanad)

Seamus McGrath TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Pádraig Rice TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)