WHO HERE WILL STAND UP TO THE TECHNOLOGY GIANTS?

AN GARDA SÍOCHÁNA

REPRESENTED BY: DETECTIVE SUPERINTENDENT DECLAN DALY The provision of resources to An Garda Síochána are overseen by the Policing Division of the Department of Justice. The division is responsible for most matters relating to An Garda Síochána, including developing legislation and overseeing the Garda reform programme.

BRIAN O’NEILL

BRIAN O’NEILL IS A CYBERSAFEIRELAND BOARD MEMBER AND RESEARCHER AT DIT. He is also a member of Ireland’s Internet Safety Advisory Council and is national coordinator for EU Kids Online. In 2013, he was appointed to the ICT Coalition for a Safer Internet for Children and Young People. Mr O’Neill has called for the establishment of a council for child internet safety.

CHILDREN’S RIGHTS ALLIANCE

REPRESENTED BY: TANYA WARD – CHIEF EXECUTIVE The charity says its aim is to ‘make Ireland one of the best places in the world to be a child’. Its policy is to ensure that children’s rights are respected and protected in laws, policies and services. The group receives government funding and in 2016 was given €299,675 – just under half its total funding.

ISPCC

REPRESENTED BY: GRAINIA LONG – CEO One of the country’s leading children’s charities, the ISPCC receives almost 80% of its funding via donations. But it also receives some funding from government bodies to deliver services on a contracted basis, and is provided with funds by corporate partners including Vodafone. The CEO, Ms Long, receives an annual salary of €115,000.

NATIONAL PARENTS COUNCIL PRIMARY

REPRESENTED BY: ÁINE LYNCH – CEO The NPCP has charitable status, and members include affiliated parent associations as well as individual parents and groups. In 2016 it received €183,000 in State funding representing 26% of its total funding that year. The Department of Education, the Department of Justice and the HSE all contributed.

DIGITAL RIGHTS IRELAND

REPRESENTED BY: ANTÓIN Ó LACHTNÁIN Digital Rights Ireland is a non-profit company that works towards ‘defending civil, human and legal rights in a digital age’. Its current campaigns include a reform in laws regarding mass surveillance and changes to the current copyright and intellectual property laws.