CyberSafeIreland

Lobbying Organisation CyberSafeIreland

Date published 11 Jan, 2022

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Children and Youth Affairs

Period 1 Sep, 2021 to 31 Dec, 2021

Specific Details Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill

Intended results To ensure the bill includes key measures to support and protect children online as part of pre-legislative scrutiny

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.

Meeting (2-5)

We participated in joint online safety meetings as part of the Children's Rights Alliance '123 Online Safety' campaign to ask for amendments to the Online Safety and Media Regulation bill

Social Media (2-5)

Tagged politicians into posts related to the Online Safety and Media Regulation bill

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 Byrne Senator (Seanad)

Catherine Martin Minister (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)

Niamh Smyth TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)