Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Lobbying Organisation Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Date published 19 Jan, 2024

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area EU Affairs

Period 1 Sep, 2023 to 31 Dec, 2023

Specific Details EU Child Sexual Abuse Regulation (CSAR)

Intended results To keep elected representatives at an EU and domestic level informed about ICCL's positioning on CSAR To have a parliamentary question put to the European Commission.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Olga Cronin

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 (21-30)

Emails to selected Irish MEPs, Members of the Oireachts Committee on Justice, and Permanent Represenative to EU, Tom Hanney, in September and October.

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.

Maria Walsh MEP (European Parliament)

Frances Fitzgerald MEP (European Parliament)

Billy Kelleher MEP (European Parliament)

Ciarán Cuffe MEP (European Parliament)

Barry Andrews MEP (European Parliament)

Deirdre Clune MEP (European Parliament)

Sean Kelly MEP (European Parliament)

Grace O'Sullivan MEP (European Parliament)

Colm Markey MEP (European Parliament)

Chris MacManus MEP (European Parliament)

Mick Wallace MEP (European Parliament)

Clare Daly MEP (European Parliament)

Patrick Costello TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Tom Hanney Permanent Representative of Ireland to the European Union (Department of Foreign Affairs)