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2026-09-21
1 officialCurrent/Former DPOFAQ
Politician(s) lobbied: Justice George Birmingham (Commissioner), Department of Justice
Intent: Obtaining clarity on the Examiner's position on a number of matters and putting forward ICCL's position on the legislation.
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting
Meeting on June 17th with Mr Justice George Birmingham, Office of the Independent Examiner of Security Legislation*. Attendees were Joe O'Brien and Olga Cronin, ICCL and Mr Justice Birmingham.*Independent Examiner not listed as an option to create a new DPO. Submission made using Commissioner as Title and Department of Justice as Public Body as interim measure to fulfil obligation to submit by deadline.
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2026-09-21
0 officials
Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown
Intent: To communicate ICCL's concern that the bill's provisions on devices and journalistic source protection are inadequate and offer inferior protections to the mechanism provided in Northern Ireland when it comes to police accessing journalist devices and, by extension, sources.
Methods: Unknown
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Method not specified
ICCL Briefiing on the Garda Powers Bill
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2026-09-21
228 officials
Politician(s) lobbied: Aengus Ó Snodaigh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aidan Farrelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aindrias Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aisling Dempsey (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alan Dillon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alan Kelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Albert Dolan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ann Graves (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Barry Heneghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Barry Ward (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brendan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brian Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brian Stanley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Carol Nolan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathal Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Ardagh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathy Bennett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Charles Ward (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Charlie McConalogue (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Christopher O'Sullivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cian O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ciarán Ahern (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Claire Kerrane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Brophy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Conor D McGuinness (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Conor Sheehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cormac Devlin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Daniel Ennis (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Danny Healy-Rae (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Dara Calleary (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Darragh O'Brien (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Darren O'Rourke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Maxwell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Denise Mitchell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Dessie Ellis (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Donna McGettigan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Duncan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eamon Scanlon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Edward Timmins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Emer Currie (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Emer Higgins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoghan Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoin Hayes (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoin Ó Broin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Erin McGreehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Frank Feighan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gary Gannon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ged Nash (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; George Lawlor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gillian Toole (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Grace Boland (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Helen McEntee (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Hildegarde Naughton (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Holly Cairns (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jack Chambers (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Browne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Geoghegan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Lawless (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jen Cummins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Whitmore (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jim O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joanna Byrne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe Cooney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe Neville (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Brady (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Clendennen (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Connolly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Cummins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Lahart (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John McGuinness (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Paul Phelan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Johnny Guirke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Johnny Mythen (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ken O'Flynn (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kevin Boxer Moran (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kiera Keogh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kieran O'Donnell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Liam Quaide (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Louis O'Hara (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Louise O'Reilly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Maeve O'Connell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Máire Devine (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mairéad Farrell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Malcolm Byrne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marian Harkin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marie Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mark Wall (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mark Ward (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Heydon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mary Butler (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mary Lou McDonald (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Matt Carthy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mattie McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Maurice Quinlivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Cahill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Collins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Fitzmaurice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Healy-Rae (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Lowry (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Micheál Carrigy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Naoise Ó Muirí (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Naoise O'Cearúil (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Natasha Newsome Drennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Neale Richmond (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Niamh Smyth (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Noel Grealish (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Noel McCarthy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Norma Foley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pa Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Padráig Mac Lochlainn (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig O'Sullivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig Rice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pat Buckley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pat the Cope Gallagher (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Patrick O'Donovan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Lawless (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul McAuliffe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Nicholas Gogarty (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peadar Tóibín (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pearse Doherty (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter 'Chap' Cleere (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter Roche (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Réada Cronin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Richard Boyd Barrett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Richard O'Donoghue (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Robert O'Donoghue (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Robert Troy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Rory Hearne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ruairí Ó Murchú (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ruth Coppinger (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ryan O'Meara (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Séamus Healy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seamus McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Canney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Fleming (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Haughey (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Kyne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Ó Fearghaíl (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Shane Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Shay Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Simon Harris (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sinéad Gibney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sorca Clarke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Thomas Byrne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Thomas Gould (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Timmy Dooley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Tom Brabazon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Tony McCormack (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Verona Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; William Aird (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Willie O'Dea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paula Butterly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jerry Buttimer (Minister of State), Department of Rural and Community Development; Rose Conway-Walsh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Roderic O'Gorman (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Chris Andrews (Senator), Seanad; Garret Ahearn (Senator), Seanad; Frances Black (Senator), Seanad; Niall Blaney (Senator), Seanad; Victor Boyhan (Senator), Seanad; Manus Boyle (Senator), Seanad; Nikki Bradley (Senator), Seanad; Paraic Brady (Senator), Seanad; Cathal Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Maria Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Lorraine Clifford-Lee (Senator), Seanad; Tom Clonan (Senator), Seanad; Joanne Collins (Senator), Seanad; Joe Conway (Senator), Seanad; Alison Comyn (Senator), Seanad; Martin Conway (Senator), Seanad; Nessa Cosgrove (Senator), Seanad; Teresa Costello (Senator), Seanad; Ollie Crowe (Senator), Seanad; Shane Curley (Senator), Seanad; Mark Daly (Senator), Seanad; Paul Daly (Senator), Seanad; Aidan Davitt (Senator), Seanad; Mark Duffy (Senator), Seanad; Mary Fitzpatrick (Senator), Seanad; Joe Flaherty (Senator), Seanad; Eileen Flynn (Senator), Seanad; Robbie Gallagher (Senator), Seanad; Laura Harmon (Senator), Seanad; Alice-Mary Higgins (Senator), Seanad; Garret Kelleher (Senator), Seanad; Mike Kennelly (Senator), Seanad; Eileen Lynch (Senator), Seanad; Aubrey McCarthy (Senator), Seanad; Maria McCormack (Senator), Seanad; Michael McDowell (Senator), Seanad; Conor Murphy (Senator), Seanad; PJ Murphy (Senator), Seanad; Margaret Murphy O'Mahony (Senator), Seanad; Malcolm Noonan (Senator), Seanad; Linda Nelson Murray (Senator), Seanad; Evanne Ní Chuilinn (Senator), Seanad; Noel O'Donovan (Senator), Seanad; Fiona O'Loughlin (Senator), Seanad; Joe O'Reilly (Senator), Seanad; Sarah O'Reilly (Senator), Seanad; Anne Rabbitte (Senator), Seanad; Lynn Ruane (Senator), Seanad; Dee Ryan (Senator), Seanad; Nicole Ryan (Senator), Seanad; Gareth Scahill (Senator), Seanad; Patricia Stephenson (Senator), Seanad; Pauline Tully (Senator), Seanad; Diarmuid Wilson (Senator), Seanad; Imelda Goldsboro (Senator), Seanad
Intent: I sent an ICCL briefing note focusing on the powers of private security following the death of Mr Yves Sakila, seeking to change the policy approach regarding private security, their powers to use force, and options for accountability for potential human rights violations perpetrated by private security.
Methods: Unknown
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Method not specified
Powers of Private Security
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2026-09-21
2 officials
Politician(s) lobbied: Louise McKeever (Assistant Secretary), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Frank Feighan (Minister of State), Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Intent: Letter from ICCL to communicate six primary concerns re the Digital Wallet:Lack of a legal basis;The anchor credential for the wallet is inappropriate;How will people without an Android phone or an iPhone use the wallet?; Governance;Transparency and public trust; andReported use of the wallet for a social media ban for under-16s/age-verification
Methods: Letter
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Letter
One email with letter attached to Ms Louise McKeever, Government Chief Information Officer, Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation and copied to Deputy Frankie Feighan, Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
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2026-09-21
2 officials
Politician(s) lobbied: Dr. Des Hogan (Data Protection Commissioner), Data Protection Commission; Dale Sunderland (Data Protection Commissioner), Data Protection Commission
Intent: To communicate ICCL's concerns about a radio interview in which a Dublin casino relayed to the interviewer that they use FRT at the entrance of their casino. ICCL asked the DPC to examine the matter.
Methods: Email
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Email
Email and letter sent on July 3 to Dr Des Hogan, Dale Sunderland, and Niamh Sweeney at the DPC.
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2026-09-21
1 official
Politician(s) lobbied: Laura Harmon (Senator), Seanad
Intent: To highlight that the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) is working on a report about smart glasses, due by the end of the summer. It followed Senator Harmon asking me a question about ICCL's view of smart glasses at a previous AI Committee appearance and media commentary that followed about ICCL comments on smart glasses.
Methods: Email
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Email
Email sent on June 10th.
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2026-09-21
0 officials
Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown
Intent: I sent a briefing note to all Deputies raising concerns about the introduction of amendments regarding face coverings and the power of members of the Defence Forces to use force during aid to civil power.
Methods: Unknown
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Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026
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2026-09-21
5 officials
Politician(s) lobbied: Lynn Ruane (Senator), Seanad; Alice-Mary Higgins (Senator), Seanad; Jim O'Callaghan (Minister), Department of Justice; Dr. Des Hogan (Data Protection Commissioner), Data Protection Commission; Dale Sunderland (Data Protection Commissioner), Data Protection Commission
Intent: To communicate ICCL's concerns on how the bill presents a serious risk for people’s fundamental rights by narrowing restrictions on biometric processing and failing to ensure adequate safeguards or judicial oversight.
Methods: EmailPhone callLetter
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Email
Email to Dept of Justice on 1 May to acknowledge receipt of a query sent in March 2026.email to Sen. Higgins on 23 June to share analysis of bill jointly written by ICCL and Dr Róisín Á Costello, School of Law, TCD.email to Minister about the the bill on July 9, copying Dr Des Hogan, Dale Sunderland, and Niamh Sweeney, in the Data Protection Commission and Liam Herrick, IHREC. Emailed Dr. Nessa Lynch of the Policing Community and Safety Authority, copy of letter sent to Minister.
Phone call
I spoke with Senator Lynn Ruane's office (Robbie) on the phone on June 5 about the Garda Siochana (Recording Devices) Amendment bill ahead of a tabled Seanead discussion.
Letter
Sent follow up letter to Senator Ruane's office that was previously sent to the AI Advisory Council on May 29 re: ICCL concerns on how the 'biometric analysis' definition that does not appear in the AI Act encompasses both 'biometric identification' and 'biometric categorisation' as per the AI Act.
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2026-09-21
1 official
Politician(s) lobbied: Louise O'Reilly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Raise ICCL's concerns re Head 7 of the bill containing the potential to turn the Public Services into a national ID, and that it does not resolve underlying issues re the collection of biometric data and instead risks compounding them.
Methods: EmailMeeting
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Email
Follow-up email to Frey Coogan from Sinn Fein TD in Louise O'Reilly's office after our meeting on May 7 to share a letter sent by the previous Executive Director of the ICCL in 2020 to Oireachtas members which linked to a briefing on the findings of UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights Professor Philip Alston in respect of the Public Services Card.
Meeting
Meeting with Sinn Fein TD Louise O'Reilly in the Oireachtas to discuss the Social Welfare and Other Matters Bill, given the ongoing legal proceedings concerning the PSC before the High Court, and the Data Protection Commission’s findings last June regarding the unlawful use of facial recognition and the “negligent” large-scale collection of biometric data of 70% of the population.
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2026-09-21
1 officialCurrent/Former DPOFAQ
Politician(s) lobbied: Ciarán Ahern (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Provide updates and obtain information on developments and positions in relation to the subject matter.
Methods: Phone callEmail
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Phone call
14th May telephone call
Email
15th May follow up email
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