Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Lobbying Organisation Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Date published 20 Sep, 2025

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 May, 2025 to 31 Aug, 2025

Specific Details Justice Policy Priorities

Intended results Secure a meeting to discuss Facial recognition technology; Right to protest; Coroner Service reform; Legacy human rights violations; Civil legal aid; Covert Human Intelligence Sources; International protection; The role of juries (defamation bill, special criminal court).

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Joe O'Brien

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?) Yes

Current or Former Designated Public Official(s)

Joe O'Brien (Former DPO) Minister of State (Department of Social Protection)

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

Joe O'Brien (Former DPO) Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)

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 correspondence with Minister Jim O'Callaghan in May and June 2025.

Meeting (1)

Meeting with Minister for Justice, Jim O'Callaghan on 03 June 2025.

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.

Jim O'Callaghan Minister (Department of Justice)

Adrian O'Higgins Special Advisor (Department of Justice)