Overwatch Report

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

May–August

[Local Government] Security of Election Process

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Philip Hamell', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'James Lawless', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

May–August

[Heritage] National Archives Bill

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Marie-Louise O'Donnell", 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Colette Kelleher', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': "Jim O'Callaghan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

May–August

[Communications] Social Media Bill

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'James Lawless', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

May–August

[Communications] Degrading Content on Social Media

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael Lowry', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Bríd Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Brian Stanley', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Terry Leyden', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Tim Lombard', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} + 2 more

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

September–December

[Health] Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Email sent to all TDs and Senators advocating for amendments to the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018.'} {'name': "Marie-Louise O'Donnell", 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Adoption Information

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Marie-Louise O'Donnell", 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

September–December

[Local Government] Electoral Acts - Civil Society Freedom

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Lynn Ruane', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Fintan Warfield', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Colette Kelleher', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'James Lawless', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

September–December

[Communications] Digital Safety Commissioner Bill

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Hildegarde Naughton', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

September–December

[Communications] Intelligence Sharing

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Magdalene Laundries

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Catherine Connolly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Frank Kennedy', 'role': 'Councillor (Dublin City Council)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

September–December

[Local Government] Electoral Acts Restrictions on Civil Society Organisations

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Andrew Munro', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Presentation at the DFAT all Ireland Dialogue on Brexit

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Charlie Flanagan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Deirdre Duffy attended the IFPA event on Repeal the 8th Amendment

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Jan O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Meeting of the DNA Database Oversight Committee

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Dr Sheila Willis', 'role': 'Director General (Department of Justice and Equality)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Attendance at the Citizens Assembly

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Alice-Mary Higgins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Sinn Fein Research

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'David Cullinane', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Position of human rights and civil society in Hungary

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Annual Report FSI and DNA Database System Oversight Committee

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Sheila Willis', 'role': 'Director General (Department of Justice and Equality)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Human Rights Implications of Brexit

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Neale Richmond', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Mark Daly', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Michael McDowell', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Ged Nash', 'role': 'Super Junior Minister (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)'} {'name': 'Niall Ó Donnghaile', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Alice-Mary Higgins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

May–August

[Local Government] Application of the Electoral Acts to Third Parties

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

May–August

[Justice and Equality] State Examination by UN Committee Against Torture

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'David Stanton', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Justice and Equality)'} {'name': 'James Martin', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Justice and Equality)'} {'name': 'Michael Donnellan', 'role': 'Director General (Department of Justice and Equality)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

May–August

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Public Service Card Scheme - Setting Out Concerns

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Communication (Retention of Data) Bill

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Helen Dixon', 'role': 'Data Protection Commissioner (The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner)'} {'name': 'Niall Cody', 'role': 'Chairman (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'} {'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

September–December

[Local Government] Electoral Acts

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government)'} {'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government)'} {'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Niall Burgess', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} + 3 more

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Ireland's Ratification of the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention Against Torture

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eamon Scanlon', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'James Lawless', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Colette Kelleher', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': "John O'Mahony", 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Ex Gratia Scheme for the former residents of the Magdalene Laundries

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Jim O'Callaghan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Judicial Council Bill

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Brexit and Human Rights

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Transparency International Ireland

September–December

[Local Government] TI Ireland co-signed a letter with Amnesty International Ireland and the Irish Council for Civil Liberties drawing attention to the negative impact that section 22 of the Electoral Acts is having on the work of civil society organisations in Ireland. The letter was accompanied by a submission detailing the difficulties created by section 22 and proposing an amendment to the legislation.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Niall Burgess', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'John McCarthy', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)'} {'name': 'Robert Watt', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Noel Waters', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Justice and Equality)'} {'name': 'Eoghan Murphy', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government)'} + 2 more

Lobbying Tracker

Most Lobbied TDs