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2025-08-29
Politician(s) lobbied: John Hogan (Secretary General), Department of Finance; Colm O'Reardon (Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades), Department of Finance; Emma Cunningham (Assistant Secretary), Department of Finance; John McCarthy (Chief Economist), Department of Finance; Gary Tobin (Assistant Secretary), Department of Finance; Clare Costello (Assistant Secretary), Department of Finance; Jerry Buttimer (Minister of State), Department of Rural and Community Development; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance
Intent: Incentivise & grow charitable gifts in Wills with a fiscal incentive in the 2026 budget.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | My Legacy 2026 Pre-Budget submission |
2024-08-30
Politician(s) lobbied: John Hogan (Secretary General), Department of Finance; Colm O'Reardon (Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades), Department of Finance; Emma Cunningham (Assistant Secretary), Department of Finance; John McCarthy (Chief Economist), Department of Finance; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Gary Tobin (Assistant Secretary), Department of Finance; Joe O'Brien (Minister of State), Department of Rural and Community Development; Clare Costello (Assistant Secretary), Department of Finance; Neale Richmond (Minister of State), Department of Finance; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Finance
Intent: Incentivise & grow charitable gifts in Wills with a fiscal incentive in the 2025 budget.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | My Legacy 2025 Pre-Budget submission |
2024-01-09
Politician(s) lobbied: John Hogan (Secretary General), Department of Finance; Colm O'Reardon (Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades), Department of Finance; John McCarthy (Chief Economist), Department of Finance; Emma Cunningham (Assistant Secretary), Department of Finance; Gary Tobin (Assistant Secretary), Department of Finance; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister of State), Department of Finance; Michael McGrath (Minister), Department of Finance; Joe O'Brien (Minister of State), Department of Rural and Community Development
Intent: Encourage the public to consider leaving a charitable legacy gift in their will and prompt solicitors to make their clients aware that it is an option to leave a charitable gift in a will.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Pre-budget 2024 submission by My Legacy to encourage charitable legacy gifts in wills by way of fiscal and other incentives. |
2022-12-30
Politician(s) lobbied: John Hogan (Secretary General), Department of Finance; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance; Colm O'Reardon (Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades), Department of Finance; Emma Cunningham (Assistant Secretary), Department of Finance; John McCarthy (Chief Economist), Department of Finance
Intent: Encourage the public to consider leaving a charitable bequest in their will and prompt solicitors to make their clients aware that it is an option to leave a bequest in a will.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Pre-budget 2023 submission by My Legacy to remove VAT from the cost of making a will if a charitable bequest is included in that will. |
2022-04-29
Politician(s) lobbied: Joe O'Brien (Minister of State), Department of Rural and Community Development
Intent: Ascertain whether My Legacy was to be included in this group
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | National Advisory Group on Philanthropy |
2022-01-18
Politician(s) lobbied: Joe O'Brien (Minister of State), Department of Rural and Community Development; Anne Marie McNally (Special Adviser), Department of Rural and Community Development
Intent: Encourage the public to consider leaving a charitable bequest in their will and prompt solicitors to make their clients aware that it is an option to leave a bequest in a will.
Methods: Virtual Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Pre-budget 2022 submission by My Legacy to remove VAT from the cost of making a will if a charitable bequest is included in that will. |
2017-05-02
Politician(s) lobbied: Frances Fitzgerald (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Justice and Equality
Intent: Funding to promote will making in Ireland and legacy giving to charity
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Support for the objectives of My Legacy to encourage more Irish people to make a will and consider including a legacy gift to charity. |
2017-01-19
Politician(s) lobbied: Frances Fitzgerald (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Justice and Equality; Damien English (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Support for the objectives of My Legacy to encourage more Irish people to make a will and consider including a legacy gift to charity.::Funding to promote will making in Ireland and legacy giving to charity
Methods: Letter, Event / Reception, Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Importance of making a will and leaving a legacy to charity |
2016-09-01
Politician(s) lobbied: Damien English (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Damien English (Minister of State), Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government; Damien English (Minister of State), Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Intent: To secure funding for the objectives of MyLegacy to encourage more Irish people to make a will and consider including a legacy gift to charity.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Importance of making a will and leaving a legacy to charity |
2016-01-07
Politician(s) lobbied: Damien English (Minister of State), Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government; Damien English (Minister of State), Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation; Damien English (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To secure funding for the objectives of MyLegacy to encourage the public to make a will and consider including a gift to a favourite charity.
Methods: Meeting, Phone call
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Importance of making a will |