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Irish Council for Civil Liberties

January–April

[Justice and Equality] ICCL views on the need for a Covid-19 inquiry

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Holly Cairns', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Denis Naughten', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 5 more

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Coroners Reform

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Catherine Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

January–April

[Community] Seeking a Parliamentary Question on Community and Voluntary Government Strategy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Catherine Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

January–April

[Justice and Equality] ICCL's Election Asks

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paul Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Speaking to Labour Party TDs and Senators about ICCL policy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Aodhán Ó Ríordáin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Marie Sherlock', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

January–April

[Justice and Equality] International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Anne Marie McNally', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Rural and Community Development)'} {'name': "Joe O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

January–April

[EU Affairs] EU AI Act

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Malcolm Byrne', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Mary Seery Kearney', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Shane Cassells', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Fintan Warfield', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Marie Sherlock', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Patrick Costello', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Facial Recognition Technology For An Garda Síochána

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'} {'name': 'James Lawless', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Colm Brophy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Patrick Costello', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Pa Daly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Alan Farrell', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 9 more

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

January–April

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

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Robert Watt', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of Health)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Lisa Chambers', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

January–April

[Foreign Affairs] Ceasefire in Gaza

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

January–April

[Justice and Equality] Experiences of Minority Communities with An Garda Síochána

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "John O'Callaghan", 'role': 'Deputy Secretary (Department of Justice)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Annie Hoey', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Barry Ward', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Fintan Warfield', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Malcolm Byrne', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Thomas Pringle', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eileen Flynn', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} + 28 more

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

May–August

[Foreign Affairs] Implementation of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights' (CESCR) Concluding Observations

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Anne Marie McNally', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': "Joe O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Facial Recognition Technology (FRT)

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Thomas Pringle', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Aodhán Ó Ríordáin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Barry Ward', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Patrick Costello', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'James Lawless', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Pa Daly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 6 more

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Legislation banning unnecessary medical interventions on intersex children

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Annie Hoey', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Fintan Warfield', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Barry Ward', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Malcolm Byrne', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Disinformation and Recommender Systems on Digital Platforms

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Cliona Doyle', 'role': 'Special Advisor (Department of Justice)'} {'name': 'Barry Ward', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': "Roderic O'Gorman", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)'} {'name': 'Patrick Costello', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Sarah Bardon', 'role': 'Chief of Staff (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Joanne Lonergan', 'role': 'Chief of Staff (Department of the Taoiseach)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

May–August

[Health] HSE funding for Section 38/39 Organisations

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Róisín Shorthall', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

May–August

[Local Government] Electoral Reform Act

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Cian O'Callaghan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Email invitation to all TDs and Senators sent on 17 June 2024.'} {'name': 'Thomas Pringle', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Court, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Senators', 'role': 'Email to all Senators sent on 10 June and 16 June 2024.'} {'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Catherine Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Pa Daly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Thomas Pringle', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Catherine Connolly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 7 more

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

May–August

[Justice and Equality] ICCL Election Manifesto Asks

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Barry Ward', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Paul Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Patrick Costello', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Pa Daly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Eoin Ó Broin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Special Criminal Court

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Aodhán Ó Ríordáin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Alice-Mary Higgins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Lynn Boylan', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Martin Browne', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ruairí Ó Murchú', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 35 more

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Human Rights in Irish Policing

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Colm Brophy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Patrick Costello', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Pa Daly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Alan Farrell', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Jim O'Callaghan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Thomas Pringle', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 8 more

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Inquiry into Sallins Case

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

May–August

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Procurement of Hikvision CCTV System

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Catherine Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Senators', 'role': 'Email to majority Senators sent on 15 October.'} {'name': 'Email All TDs', 'role': 'Email to majority of TDs sent on 22 October.'} {'name': 'Barry Ward', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Eileen Flynn', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Annie Hoey', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Malcolm Byrne', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} + 8 more

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

September–December

[Public Expenditure and Reform] CCTV in Leinster House

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Richard Boyd Barrett', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Alice-Mary Higgins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

September–December

[Justice and Equality] Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Invitation to briefing event in AV room of Leinster House sent to all TDs and Senators.'} {'name': 'James Lawless', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Jim O'Callaghan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Alan Farrell', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Colm Brophy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 10 more

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

September–December

[Justice and Equality] ICCL Election Manifesto Asks

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Emailed ICCL manifesto document to all TDs and Senators on 08 October 2024.'} {'name': 'Paul Murphy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Pa Daly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Patrick Costello', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

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