Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Lobbying Organisation Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Date published 21 Jan, 2021

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Local Government

Period 1 Sep, 2020 to 31 Dec, 2020

Specific Details Electoral Amendment (Civil Society Freedom) Bill

Intended results Call for support of Electoral Amendment (Civil Society Freedom) Bill.

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

Mass communications

Email All Senators Emails sent to all senators calling for support of Electoral Civil Society Freedom Amendment Bill sent on 21 Oct 2020 and 22 Oct 2020.

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Virtual Meeting (2-5)

Meeting with Minister of State Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform 08 Oct 2020. Meeting with Senator Lynn Ruane on 13 Oct 2020. Follow up meeting with Senator Ruane on 18 Nov 2020.

Email (1)

Email sent to Chief of Staff, Department of An Taoiseach on 16 Oct 2020.

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.

Malcolm Noonan Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

Dónall Geoghegan Chief of Staff (Department of the Taoiseach)

Lynn Ruane Senator (Seanad)