Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Lobbying Organisation Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Date published 21 Sep, 2022

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Employment

Period 1 May, 2022 to 31 Aug, 2022

Specific Details Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill 2022

Intended results Seek information about Government intention regarding proposed legislation. Inclusion of measures in proposed legislation.

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

Email (11-20)

Email to Patrick Costello TD on 04 May 2022. Email with attached letter sent to Minister of State Robert Troy TD on 13 May 2022 and 20 June 2022 (Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee TD cc'd). Email correspondce with members of Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment in 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.

Robert Troy Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)

Patrick Costello TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Helen McEntee Minister (Department of Justice)

David Stanton TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Francis Noel Duffy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Garret Ahearn Senator (Seanad)

James O'Connor TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Joe Flaherty TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Louise O'Reilly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Marie Sherlock Senator (Seanad)

Matt Shanahan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Maurice Quinlivan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ollie Crowe Senator (Seanad)

Paul Gavan Senator (Seanad)

Paul Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Richard Bruton TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Róisín Garvey Senator (Seanad)