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Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 17)
Politician(s) lobbied: John Cummins (Minister of State), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Intent: Highlight the need for consistency between planning definitions and credit union regulations
Methods: Submission
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | ILCU Submission on the public consultation on Exempted development regulations |
Politician(s) lobbied: Vasileios Madouros (Deputy Governor), Central Bank of Ireland; Eoin Dorgan (Assistant Secretary), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Simon Harris (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Raise awareness of Credit Union issues and to highlight the benefits that credit unions bring to communities around Ireland
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Attendance at the National Economic Dialogue 16th of June 2025 |
Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown
Intent: Raise awareness of credit union issues; secure relief on levies, and implementation of lending limit changes
Methods: Unknown
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | ILCU Pre-budget submission |
Politician(s) lobbied: Carol Nolan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brendan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cian O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter 'Chap' Cleere (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Anne Rabbitte (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To raise awareness and highlight key asks of our pre budget submission
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | To raise credit union issues and our Pre-budget submission |
Politician(s) lobbied: Domhnall Cullinan (Director), Central Bank of Ireland; Elaine Byrne (Registrar of Credit Unions), Central Bank of Ireland
Intent: To secure more proportionate regulatory environment for credit unions
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Pre Budget submission and response to consultation on changes to lending regulations applicable to credit unions |
Politician(s) lobbied: Elaine Byrne (Registrar of Credit Unions), Central Bank of Ireland; Paul Ryan (Head of Unit), Department of Finance
Intent: To secure meetings for a kenyan delegation travelling to learn from the irish credit union sector::To invite participants in a networking reception at the World Council of Credit Unions in Stockholm Sweden on 14th of July
Methods: Email, Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | To invite a speaker and request a meeting for a Kenyan delegation |
Politician(s) lobbied: Elaine Byrne (Registrar of Credit Unions), Central Bank of Ireland; Des Carville (Head of Unit), Department of Finance; Robert Troy (Minister of State), Department of Finance; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance; Domhnall Cullinan (Director), Central Bank of Ireland
Intent: To amend the Credit Union regulations - specifically regulation 4(1) of SI 1 of 2016 to include 4 words. These four words 'excluding Irish Government Debt' aligns the credit union regulations with that of the banking sector
Methods: Email, Letter, Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Proposal to exclude government debt from Credit Union regulations to incentivise credit unions holding government debt |
2025-09-18
Politician(s) lobbied: Robert Troy (Minister of State), Department of Finance
Intent: To raise awareness of the fund, the ability of the fund to help invest more in social housing.
Methods: Email, Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Credit Union Approved Housing Body fund and social housing to follow up on Minister Troys remarks at ilcu agm in Belfast in April 2025 |
Politician(s) lobbied: Mairéad Farrell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pearse Doherty (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Canney (Minister of State), Department of Transport; Peter 'Chap' Cleere (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Robbie Gallagher (Senator), Seanad; David Maxwell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathy Bennett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ged Nash (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To raise awareness of credit union issues and to seek support for the CIRF and Stabilisation levy to be set at 0% for 2026
Methods: Meeting, Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | To discuss Credit Union levies |
| — | to seek a 0% fee for 2026 and the need for clarity and consistency on the levies; ending limits as per CP159; and to update on quarterly results |
Politician(s) lobbied: Martin Heydon (Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Intent: To update Minister Heydon on the success of the Cultivate initiative, highlight potential changes to key regulations impacting credit unions, and to update on progress in the sector.
Methods: Email, Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | To highlight credit unions participation in Cultivate |
| — | give an update on the success of the Cultivate initiative |
| — | |
| — | highlight potential changes to key regulations impacting credit unions |
| — | and to update on progress in the sector. |
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