9 September 2020 The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) will address the Oireachtas COVID19 Committee today from 3pm. Liam Herrick (Executive Director) and Doireann Ansbro (Senior Research and Policy Officer) will make presentations. Our full submission addresses the issue …
10 May 2020 (via email) Dear Deputy, On behalf of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), I would like to congratulate you on your appointment to the Special Committee on Covid-19 Response. We welcome the establishment of this Committee …
Dublin, 7 November 2018 As the Joint Oireachtas Committee discusses the proposed three day waiting period for abortion care, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has said that the waiting period contained in the proposed legislation does not comply …
We presented our concerns about the Public Services Card to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection on Thursday 8th February: ICCL Submission to Oireachtas on Public Services Card 7.2.18 If you’d like to receive information about ICCL’s actions on …
Following our appearance highlighting concerns about the Data Retention Bill 2017 at the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice and Equality (see below) they published this report, adopting all of the main recommendations we made: Report of Oireachtas Justice Committee on …
Dublin, 6 February 2018 A delegation from the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) is to appear on Thursday at a meeting of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection, highlighting what it says are significant human …
The ICCL welcomes the decision of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution to recommend a referendum to directly repeal Article 40.3.3 of the Constitution. The ICCL also welcomes the Committee’s recommendations that abortion should be …
On 16 November 2017 the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, together with Digital Rights Ireland, submitted a report to the Joint Oireachtas Committee for Justice and Equality on the Data Retention Bill. Here is the full text of our submission: …
