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2025-09-19
Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Jim O'Callaghan (Minister), Department of Justice
Intent: Implementation of a pre-action protocol in personal injury and medical negligence civil litigation with a view to reducing the time and costs involved.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Proposed pre-action protocols in personal injury and medical negligence civil litigation |
2025-09-19
Politician(s) lobbied: Sinead Ryan (Assistant Secretary), Department of Finance; Clare Costello (Assistant Secretary), Department of Finance
Intent: Introduce related changes in Finance Act 2025
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Finance Bill 2025: proposals to improve the participation exemption and introduce a branch exemption; proposal to exempt investment limited partnerships from dividend withholding tax; proposal to introduce zero-VAT rating for customs warehouses; proposal to exclude transfers of foreign shares from stamp duty; proposal to exclude performing loans from CG50 requirements; proposal to introduce protections for taxpayers doing their best to comply; proposals to reduce the consequences of admin errors |
2025-09-19
Politician(s) lobbied: Sinead Ryan (Assistant Secretary), Department of Finance
Intent: Introduce related changes in Finance Act 2025
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Finance Bill 2025: proposals to improve Ireland's competitiveness for financial services including removing the requirement for CG50s on transfers of performing loans; and revising the Irish tax rules to facilitate investment in Irish real estate by EU pension funds |
2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Maureen O’Sullivan (Registrar of Companies), Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation
Intent: If the new powers (under Sections 203-207 of the Companies Act 2014 as amended by Sections 16-20 of the 2024 Act) to prescribe forms of declaration for the purposes of each of Sections 203-207 are to be exercised, if consideration could be given to prescribing those forms for use only in respect of declarations that are made after the date of the prescribing regulations.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Sections 203-207 of the Companies Act 2014 as amended by Sections 16-20 of the Companies (Corporate Governance |
| — | Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Act 2024 |
2025-01-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Dara Calleary (Minister of State), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Intent: To achieve clarity on remaining areas of particular concern by targeted amendments within amending legislation to better align the Regulations with the relevant EU Directive
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Submission to the Department on the EU ( Corporate Sustainability Reporting) Regulations 2024 and the EU (Corporate Sustainability Reporting)(No.2) Regulations 2024 |
2024-09-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Andrew Munro (Assistant Secretary), Department of Justice; Doncha O’Sullivan (Deputy Secretary), Department of Justice
Intent: Continued and improved communication around the family reunification process for minor refugees
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Attendance at meeting regarding refugee family reunification and issues arising under section 56 International Protection Act |
| — | as well as administrative processing of applications |
| — | with a particular focus on the issues arising for minor refugees |
2024-09-19
Politician(s) lobbied: Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Intent: The sharing of technical legal observations with the DETE regarding the transposition of CSRD in Ireland
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Ireland's transposition of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive |
2024-09-19
Politician(s) lobbied: Dara Calleary (Minister of State), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Intent: To achieve clarity and guidance on the areas of particular concern and targeted amendments to better align the Regulations with the relevant EU Directive
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Submission to the Department on the European Union ( Corporate Sustainability Reporting) Regulations 2024 |
2024-05-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Michael McGrath (Minister), Department of Finance
Intent: Discuss introducing a transitional grandfathering period for firms in the crypto sector ahead of 31 December 2024
Methods: Virtual Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Virtual meeting with Mai Santamaria (Principal Officer) and Jefferson Vierra (Asst. Principal Officer) of the Dept of Finance around the Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation |
2024-01-19
Politician(s) lobbied: Andrew Munro (Assistant Secretary), Department of Justice; Declan Flanagan (Councillor), Dublin City Council
Intent: Repeal of Section 32 of the Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 to avoid creating uncertainty in this area of the law
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Lobbying in relation to Section 32 of the Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 |