Association of Insurance & Financial Brokers trading as Brokers Ireland

Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Finance

Intent: Brokers Ireland want to discuss our submission on Personal Investment Account that was sent to the Minister in May 2026

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Mairéad Farrell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Edward Timmins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Shay Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pearse Doherty (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Erin McGreehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ged Nash (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cian O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ryan O'Meara (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathal Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Pat Casey (Senator), Seanad; Alice-Mary Higgins (Senator), Seanad; Conor Murphy (Senator), Seanad; Joe O'Reilly (Senator), Seanad; John Paul O'Shea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; William Aird (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Ardagh (Senator), Seanad; Pat Gallagher (Chief Executive Officer), Westmeath County Council; Johnny Guirke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoin Hayes (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Louise O'Reilly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter Roche (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mark Wall (Senator), Seanad; Anne Rabbitte (Senator), Seanad; Imelda Goldsboro (Senator), Seanad; Maria McCormack (Senator), Seanad; Noel O'Donovan (Senator), Seanad; Sarah O'Reilly (Senator), Seanad; Richard O'Donoghue (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Richard Boyd Barrett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathal Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Máire Devine (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cormac Devlin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Fleming (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mattie McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aindrias Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ged Nash (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe Neville (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe O'Brien (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Robert Troy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Dara Calleary (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Simon Harris (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Finance

Intent: To make the list of 49 relevant and appropriate emails aware of Brokers Ireland Budget 2027 submission

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Dara Calleary (Minister), Department of Social Protection; Brendan Kennedy (Pensions Regulator), The Pensions Authority

Intent: Outlining the issue of the PRSA regulatory fee and the significant overcharging of PRSA holders for the cost of regulation.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Robert Troy (Minister of State), Department of Finance

Intent: Meeting to discuss key areas relevant to insurance brokers, motor transparency code, software and AI

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Robert Troy (Minister of State), Department of Finance

Intent: Meeting to discuss key areas relevant to insurance brokers, motor transparency code, software and AI

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Finance; Robert Troy (Minister of State), Department of Finance

Intent: Brokers Ireland requests that: the deemed disposal rule be abolished for retail investment funds and life assurance investment products, the 1% life assurance levy be abolished, including an explicit confirmation that it will not apply to life assurance investments held within the new Investment Account, the rate of Life Assurance Exit Tax and Investment Undertaking Tax be reduced to 33%, aligning the rate on gains with the Capital Gains Tax rate

Methods: Letter

Politician(s) lobbied: Robert Troy (Minister of State), Department of Finance

Intent: Discuss Brokers Ireland Pre Budget 2027 Submission

Methods: EmailLetter

Politician(s) lobbied: Regina Doherty (Senator), Seanad; Michael Ward (Special Adviser), Department of Education; Gerry Cross (Director), Central Bank of Ireland

Intent: Confirm time slots for speaking at the BIPAR Annual meetings

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Billy Kelleher (MEP), European Parliament

Intent: Highlight concerns in relation to the inducement test and timing of implmentation

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Dara Calleary (Minister), Department of Social Protection

Intent: highlight the wide disparity between the level of fees levied on PRSA holders and the actual regulatory activity undertaken by the Authority in respect of these products.

Methods: Letter