Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Lobbying Organisation Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Date published 21 Jan, 2021

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Sep, 2020 to 31 Dec, 2020

Specific Details Data Protection Commission

Intended results Highlight failure of Data Protection Commission to monitor and enforce GDPR. Raise concern at lack of funding for Data Protection Commission, impacting on its ability to fulfill its functions.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Liam Herrick, Johnny Ryan

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.

Letter (1)

Letter sent to Minister for Justice on 28 Sep 2020

Meeting (1)

Meeting with James Lawless TD and Patrick Costello TD on 18 Sep 2020.

Phone call (1)

Phone call with Senator Malcolm Byrne on 3 Sep 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.

Helen McEntee Minister (Department of Justice)

James Lawless TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Patrick Costello TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Malcolm Byrne Senator (Seanad)