Irish League of Credit Unions

Politician(s) lobbied: Mairéad Farrell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pearse Doherty (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cian O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Shay Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Maxwell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe O'Reilly (Senator), Seanad; Edward Timmins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ged Nash (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ryan O'Meara (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Erin McGreehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alice-Mary Higgins (Senator), Seanad; Pat Casey (Senator), Seanad; Cathal Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Conor Murphy (Senator), Seanad

Intent: To raise awareness and to answer questions on 'Enabling the Credit Union movement to grow as a key provider of community banking in the country' on 29th of April 2026

Methods: MeetingEmail

Politician(s) lobbied: Des Carville (Head of Unit), Department of Finance; Simon Harris (Minister), Department of Finance

Intent: To set up a meeting with Tánaiste Simon Harris to discuss credit union issues and how credit unions can do more to provide competition to the banking sector

Methods: MeetingEmail

Politician(s) lobbied: Neale Richmond (Minister of State), Department of Foreign Affairs

Intent: To set up a meeting with Minister Richmond to discuss the role of the ILCU International Development Foundation in Africa

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Andrew Smith (Adviser to Minister of State), Department of Finance; Robert Troy (Minister of State), Department of Finance

Intent: To raise awareness and show our sectors willingness to help and drive forward Programme for government commitments

Methods: EmailMeeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Gabriel Makhlouf (Governor), Central Bank of Ireland; Simon Harris (Minister), Department of Finance; Robert Troy (Minister of State), Department of Finance

Intent: To highlight potential issues for credit unions and to highlight credit union willingness to be part of the Personal Investment account initiative

Methods: MeetingEmail

Politician(s) lobbied: Cian O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Emer Currie (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter 'Chap' Cleere (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: To raise awareness and to articulate credit union issues of concern to three members of Dáil Éireann namely loan values, volunteers, and to highlight the need for competition in the banking sector

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment

Intent: Highlight credit unions role in communities and our impact on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals

Methods: Submission

Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (Minister), Department of Finance; Jerry Buttimer (Minister of State), Department of Rural and Community Development

Intent: To highlight to An Tánaiste during his visit to First South Credit Union on 27th of February, the issues credit unions are facing, the opportunities for the sector to grow and to show that credit union mortgages have now reached €1 billion.

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Domhnall Cullinan (Director), Central Bank of Ireland; Elaine Byrne (Registrar of Credit Unions), Central Bank of Ireland

Intent: This is to highlight that credit unions are more than financial institutions and to share practical real life impacts of credit unions in their communities

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Elaine Byrne (Registrar of Credit Unions), Central Bank of Ireland

Intent: To share and highlight key issues of concern in the ILCU response to Central Bank consultation paper CP165 on the Consumer Protection code

Methods: Email