Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Lobbying Organisation Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Date published 20 Sep, 2025

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Social Protection

Period 1 May, 2025 to 31 Aug, 2025

Specific Details Public Services Card

Intended results Questions to the Data Protection Commission, concerning their decision on the Public Services Card, that the processing of people's biometric data has been, and is, unlawful, but has been allowed to continue.

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.

Letter (1)

Letter to Data Protection Commissioners Dale Sunderland and Des Hogan in July 2025.

Meeting (1)

Meeting with Des Hogan on 30 July 2025.

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.

Dale Sunderland Data Protection Commissioner (Data Protection Commission)

Dr. Des Hogan Data Protection Commissioner (Data Protection Commission)