Politician(s) lobbied: Geraldine Byrne Nason (Ambassador), Department of Foreign Affairs; Ethna Brogan (Assistant Secretary), Department of Transport; Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Conor Glynn (Special Advisor to the Tanaiste), Department of the Taoiseach; Maeve von Heynitz (Director General), Department of Foreign Affairs; Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Continued engagement and awareness of aircraft leasing industry matters.
Methods: MeetingVirtual Meeting
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General exchange on aviation leasing industry and policy developments including taxation
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tariffs/trade.
Politician(s) lobbied: Aingeal O’Donoghue (Permanent Representative of Ireland to the European Union), Department of Foreign Affairs; Geraldine Byrne Nason (Ambassador), Department of Foreign Affairs; Maeve von Heynitz (Ambassador), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Continued engagement and awareness of aircraft leasing industry matters.
Methods: MeetingEmail
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General exchange on policy developments including taxation
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tariffs/trade.
Politician(s) lobbied: Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Transport; Aingeal O’Donoghue (Permanent Representative of Ireland to the European Union), Department of Foreign Affairs; Helen Blake (Assistant Secretary), Department of the Taoiseach; Geraldine Byrne Nason (Ambassador), Department of Foreign Affairs; Maeve von Heynitz (Ambassador), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Collaboration on addressing the related tariffs/trade and commercial impacts faced by the aviation and aviation finance industry.
Methods: Phone callMeeting
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General exchange on policy developments including tariffs/trade.
Politician(s) lobbied: Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Transport; Aingeal O’Donoghue (Permanent Representative of Ireland to the European Union), Department of Foreign Affairs; Helen Blake (Assistant Secretary), Department of the Taoiseach; Colm Hayes (Director General), Department of Foreign Affairs; Maeve von Heynitz (Director General), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Collaboration on addressing the related tariffs/trade and commercial impacts faced by the global aviation industry.
Methods: Meeting
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General exchange on policy developments including tariffs/trade.
Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown
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Politician(s) lobbied: Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Finance
Intent: Consideration by Finance Department of industry perspectives.
Methods: Meeting
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General exchange on industrial strategy and taxation policy pertaining to large Irish corporations
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including the aircraft leasing sector.
Politician(s) lobbied: Geraldine Byrne Nason (Ambassador), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Collaboration on addressing the related operational and commercial impacts faced by the aviation and aviation finance.
Methods: Meeting
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General exchange on AerCap business activities
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including update on sanctions mitigation.
Politician(s) lobbied: Ethna Brogan (Acting Assistant Secretary), Department of Transport; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister of State), Department of Finance; Jack Chambers (Minister of State), Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Intent: Collaboration on addressing challenges faced by the aviation and aviation finance/insurance industries.
Methods: Meeting
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General industry discussions and updates.
Politician(s) lobbied: Ethna Brogan (Acting Assistant Secretary), Department of Transport; Aingeal O’Donoghue (Assistant Secretary), Department of the Taoiseach
Intent: Collaboration on addressing the related operational and commercial impacts faced by the aviation and aviation finance/insurance industries.
Methods: Virtual MeetingMeeting
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General industry discussions and updates including the impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and related sanctions on aviation/aviation insurance.
Politician(s) lobbied: Michael McGrath (Minister), Department of Finance; Kevin Barrett (Special Adviser), Department of Finance
Intent: Consideration by Finance department of industry perspectives on proposed changes
Methods: MeetingEvent / ReceptionEmail
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Proposed tax changes in the Finance Bill which impacted on (i) interest deductibility
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(ii) the tax treatment of operating leases and (iii) the tax treatment of certain non-trading companies.
