Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Lobbying Organisation Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Date published 21 Sep, 2020

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Community

Period 1 May, 2020 to 31 Aug, 2020

Specific Details Charities Act

Intended results Seek a meeting to discuss need for legislative amendments to electoral acts and charities act Provide information on the need for legislative amendments to the charities act

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Liam Herrick, Deirdre Ni Cheallachain

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 (2-5)

Email, with letter attachments and submission, sent to Minister of State Joe O'Brien requesting a meeting to discuss the need for legislative amendments to electoral acts and charities act

Submission (1)

Submission sent to Minister of State Joe O'Brien calling for legislative amendments to the Charities Act.

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.

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