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Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 14)
2025-09-19
Politician(s) lobbied: Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Jim O'Callaghan (Minister), Department of Justice; Robert Troy (Minister of State), Department of Finance; Alan Dillon (Minister of State), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Intent: Government to reject the recommendation to increase Personal Injury Awards.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Judicial Council recommendation to increase Personal Injury Awards by 17% |
2025-09-19
Politician(s) lobbied: Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Alan Dillon (Minister of State), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Intent: Representation for RGDATA on the new Cost of Business Forum.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Cost of Business Forum |
2025-09-19
Politician(s) lobbied: Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform
Intent: The use of Tax stamps on E-Liquid products.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Application of E-Liquids Product Tax. |
2025-09-19
Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health
Intent: An Economic Impact Assessment and a SME test on the proposed increase of tobacco licences to €1,000 and the introduction of a €800 vape licence for shops selling tobacco and vape products.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Introduction of new licence for selling vapes and increase in licence fee for selling tobacco products. |
2025-09-19
Politician(s) lobbied: Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Finance; Niall Collins (Minister of State), Department of Justice; Anne Marie Caulfield (CEO), Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland
Intent: A ban on licensed bookmakers taking bets on national lottery products.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Seeking amendment to the Gambling Regulations Bill. |
2025-09-19
Politician(s) lobbied: Jim O'Callaghan (Minister), Department of Justice; Mary Fitzpatrick (Senator), Seanad; Alan Dillon (Minister of State), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Sharon Keogan (Senator), Seanad; Michael Healy-Rae (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; John McGuinness (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Rónán Mullen (Senator), Seanad; Linda Nelson Murray (Senator), Seanad; Timmy Dooley (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Robert Troy (Minister of State), Department of Finance
Intent: Amendment to the Bill to specify no cause of action if a retailer seeks proof of purchase.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Amendment to the Defamation Bill |
2025-05-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Intent: Reduce substantial energy costs for SME local shops by funding energy infrastructure development and renewable energy centrally instead of imposing these costs on business and domestic customers who should only pay for energy consumed.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Local independent shops are struggling with sustained high energy costs including significant Use of system charges and PSO levy charge |
2025-05-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Alan Dillon (Minister of State), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Intent: Implementation of Programme for Government measures to support SME business including local community food/convenience shops; RGDATA inclusion on Cost of Doing Business taskforce; Tobacco & Vape licence fees to be subject to SME and affordability test, supports for local employers to deal with increased wage costs due to Government measures.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | SME Test; Cost of doing business measures; cost of employment measures |
| — | regulatory burden on local independent shops |
2025-05-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Jim O'Callaghan (Minister), Department of Justice
Intent: Implementation of Programme for Government measures on tackling Retail Crime; amendments to the Defamation Bill to protect shop owners and their staff from spurious claims; rejection of Judicial Council call for a 17% increase in personal injury awards.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Escalating Retail crime; Retail Defamation; Personal Injuries Awards |
2025-05-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Micheál Martin (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of the Taoiseach; Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach
Intent: Proposals in the Fianna Fail and Fine Gael Election Manifestos to support SME local community food shops and supermarkets to be included in the Programme for Government.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Programme for Government Negotiations |
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