Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 11)
Lir Communications Ltd
Current/Former DPOWhat is lobbying? (FAQ)2025-09-20
Intent: Raise awareness about Explorium's successful visitor numbers in one year since reopening, new programmes and initiatives planned in the coming months, and to highlight Explorium's potential as a national resource.
Details: Letter requesting a meeting to highlight Explorium’s positive role in science education for children and young people and its potential as a national resource.
Officials: John Brady, Paul McAuliffe, Catherine Ardagh, Cathy Bennett, Grace Boland, Joanna Byrne, Catherine Connolly, Albert Dolan, ...
Methods: Email, Meeting, Informal communication, ...
Rockwood Consulting ULC
Current/Former DPOWhat is lobbying? (FAQ)2025-09-20
Intent: Support for Euronext's 2026 pre-budget submission
Details: Euronext Dublin Pre-budget submission
Officials: Peter Burke, Paschal Donohoe, Fiona O'Connor, Laura Mannion, James Geoghegan, Rose Conway-Walsh, Barry Heneghan, Shay Brennan, ...
Methods: Email, Meeting
Rockwood Consulting ULC
Current/Former DPOWhat is lobbying? (FAQ)2025-09-20
Intent: Advance the Seller's Legal Pack Bill and discuss the work of the informal cross-party Oireachtas committee on property market reform.
Details: Discussed priorities for IPAV
Officials: David Maxwell, Aubrey McCarthy, Frank Feighan, Joe Cooney, John Clendennen, Carol Nolan, Brian Brennan, Naoise Ó Muirí, ...
Methods: Email, Meeting, Phone call
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA
2025-09-19
Intent: Fair Deal Reform::To propose reducing the 5-year land/business transfer clause to 3 years to allow more farmers to benefit from the Fair Deal Scheme.::To propose that land leased under Fair Deal should be classed as “actively farmed” to meet succession criteria.::To propose increasing the ancillary state support loan payback to a minimum of 5 years to allow sufficient time to repay the costs.::To propose increasing cash asset disregard for a single person from €36,000 to €44,000 and for a couple from €72,000 to €88,000::To propose reducing the assessment period for the family home under Fair Deal from 3 years to 2 years, with a maximum contribution of 15% of the home's value (7.5% per year), instead of the current cap of 22.5%.::To propose that income from leased farmland should be excluded or at least partially disregarded in the Fair Deal financial assessment.::Home Support Scheme::To propose immediately introducing a statutory, universal Home Support Scheme, with specific rural adap
Details: Fair Deal & Older People in Rural Areas
Officials: Brian Brennan, Brian Purcell, Christopher O'Sullivan, Edward Timmins, Emer Higgins, Helen McEntee, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, Malcolm Byrne, ...
Methods: Email, Meeting, Social Media
Friends of the Earth
2025-09-19
Intent: Pre-budget submission received by all relevant policymakers
Details: Advocacy on Budget 2026
Officials: Pa Daly, Ciarán Ahern, Roderic O'Gorman, Richard O'Donoghue, Edward Timmins, Richard Boyd Barrett, Cathal Crowe, Máire Devine, ...
Methods: Email to Deputy Pa Daly's parliamentary assistant sharing information on specific recommendations for Budget 2026. - Email, Met Pa Daly's parliamentary assistant regarding Budget 2026 - Meeting, Met Paul Murphy regarding Budget 2026 - Meeting, ...
Ibec
2025-09-19
Intent: Raising awareness of and discussing the challenges and opportunities facing the aircraft leasing industry at home and abroad; and its economic contribution to Ireland.
Details: Aviation leasing industry in Ireland
Officials: Darragh O'Brien, Ged Nash, Colm Burke, Grace Boland, Cathal Crowe, Shay Brennan, Edward Timmins
Methods: Meeting, Email
Ibec
2025-09-19
Intent: Ensure support for the recommendations in Financial Services Ireland's Pre-Budget Submission including the need for a National Fintech Hub, the Ireland's Women in Finance Charter, and implementation of the Funds Review recommendations, among others.
Details: Financial Services Ireland Pre-Budget Submission 2026
Officials: Edward Timmins, Cian O'Callaghan
Methods: Meeting
Ibec
2025-09-19
Intent: Include PII Recommendations in Budget 2026 including 1) introduction of 0% VAT rate for new build apartments, 2) increased funding for enabling infrastructure, 3) ensure property taxation policy stability to attract investment and 4) to amend the RZLT to exclude schemes in the planning process
Details: PII Pre-Budget 2026 Submission
Officials: Paschal Donohoe, Jack Chambers, James Browne, John Cummins, Cathal Crowe, Cian O'Callaghan, Cormac Devlin, Edward Timmins, ...
Methods: Submission, Email
Irish Funds Industry Association CLG
2025-09-19
Intent: To discuss the EU Legislative Agenda and share key priorities to enhance the competitiveness of the Irish Funds Industry
Details: Domestic & EU Legislative Agenda
Officials: Paschal Donohoe, Michael J. McGrath, Ged Nash, June Reardon, Gerry Cross, Shay Brennan, Robert Troy, Darragh O'Brien, ...
Methods: Event / Reception, Submission, Conference Call, ...
Irish Wildbird Conservancy
2025-09-19
Intent: To raise awareness about the newly identified Important Bird Areas for seabirds in Ireland
Details: Important Bird Areas for Seabirds in Ireland
Officials: Timmy Dooley, Darragh O'Brien, Malcolm Noonan, Jennifer Whitmore, Roderic O'Gorman, Christopher O’Sullivan, Alice-Mary Higgins, Lorraine Clifford-Lee, ...
Methods: An invitation to attend the launch of the Important Bird Areas for seabirds in Ireland on World Seabird Day 2025 in Dublin and to raise awareness of the need to designate these areas as Special Protection Areas for birds. - Email, Inviting An Taoiseach Micheál Martin to launch the Important Bird Areas for Seabirds. Inviting Minister for Nature, Christopher O'Sullivan to launch the Important Bird Areas for Seabirds. - Letter