Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Lobbying Organisation Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Date published 21 Sep, 2022

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Housing

Period 1 May, 2022 to 31 Aug, 2022

Specific Details Electoral Reform Bill

Intended results Seek amendments to the Electoral Reform Bill. Secure a meeting to discuss proposed amendments to the Electoral Reform Bill. Seeking details of the proposed timeline for committee schedule for the Bill.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Liam Herrick and Ronan Kennedy

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 Email sent to all Senators sent on 21 June 2022.

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (21-30)

Email correspondence with Stephen Matthews TD on 03 May 2022. Email sent to all members of the Housing Committee on 17 May 2022. Email sent to Cian O'Callaghan TD on 26 May 2022 and 21 July 2022. Emails correspondence with Eoin O'Broin TD, Cian O'Callaghan TD, Ged Nash TD, Thomas Pringle TD and Senator Lynn Ruane in June 2022 Email Paul McAuliffe TD on 03 June 2022. Emails to Dónall Geoghegan ,Chief of Staff, Department of the Taoiseach and Hannah Hamilton, Special Adviser Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in June 2022 Email to Minister Darragh O'Brien and Special Adviser Kevin Dillon on 23 June 2022

Virtual Meeting (2-5)

Virtual meeting with Minister of State Malcolm Noonan on 12 May 2022. Virtual meeting with Senator Lynn Ruane on 29 June 2022.

Submission (2-5)

Submissions sent to Oireachtas Housing Committee, Minister Darragh O'Brien TD, Minister of State Malcolm Noonan TD, Sentator Lynn Ruane, Senator Alice Mary Higgins, Dónall Geoghegan Department of the Taoiseach, and Graham Doyle, Secretary General, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

Social Media (1)

Direct Message via Twitter with Eoin Ó Broin TD on 22 July 2022.

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.

Francis Noel Duffy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Joe Flaherty TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Thomas Gould TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Emer Higgins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Steven Matthews TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paul McAuliffe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Cian O'Callaghan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Eoin Ó Broin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Victor Boyhan Senator (Seanad)

John Cummins Senator (Seanad)

Mary Fitzpatrick Senator (Seanad)

Rebecca Moynihan Senator (Seanad)

Mary Seery Kearney Senator (Seanad)

Ivana Bacik TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

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

Dónall Geoghegan Chief of Staff (Department of the Taoiseach)

Darragh O'Brien Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

Kevin Dillon Special Adviser (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

Lynn Ruane Senator (Seanad)

Hannah Hamilton Special Adviser (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

Graham Doyle Secretary General (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

Alice-Mary Higgins Senator (Seanad)