Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Lobbying Organisation Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Date published 20 May, 2023

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Jan, 2023 to 30 Apr, 2023

Specific Details Hikvision CCTV in Oireachtas

Intended results Raise concerns about impact on national security and human rights relating to procurement and use of Hilvision camera systems Request Committee investigate issue of public policy and use of public funds.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Liam Herrick, Olga Cronin, Kris Shrishak

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)

Email to Maurice Buckley Chair, OPW, cc-ed to Peter Finnegan, Secretary General, Houses of the Oireachtas, Minister of State Patrick O’Donovan, John Callinan, Secretary General Department of the Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar TD Regional Technical Group & Aontú, Micheál Martin TD, Mary Lou McDonald TD Independent Technical Group, Eamon Ryan TD, Solidarity/People Before Profit, Ivana Bacik TD Seán Ó Fearghaíl TD, Catherine Murphy TD Senator Jerry Buttimer, Roisin Shorthall TD

Email (2-5)

Email correspondence with Mary Lou McDonald TD, Patrick Costello TD, Louise O'Reilly between February and March 2023.

Meeting (1)

Meeting with Minister for Justice, Simon Harris TD, Senior officials and advisers on 20 Feb 2023.

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.

Maurice Buckley Chairman (The Office of Public Works)

John Callinan Secretary General (Department of the Taoiseach)

Peter Finnegan Secretary General (The Houses of the Oireachtas Service)

Patrick O'Donovan Minister of State (The Office of Public Works)

Leo Varadkar Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)

Seán Canney TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Denis Naughten TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Lowry TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Peadar Tóibín TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Verona Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Noel Grealish TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Peter Fitzpatrick TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Cathal Berry TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Matt Shanahan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Peadar Tóibín TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Micheál Martin Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Mary Lou McDonald TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Eamon Ryan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mick Barry TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Richard Boyd Barrett TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Gino Kenny TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paul Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Bríd Smith TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ivana Bacik TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Catherine Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jerry Buttimer Senator (Seanad)

Róisín Shorthall TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Patrick Costello TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

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

Simon Harris Minister (Department of Justice)

John O'Callaghan Assistant Secretary (Department of Justice)

Patrick Cluskey Special Adviser (Department of Justice)

Fiach Kelly Special Adviser (Department of Justice)