Bank of Ireland Group plc

Politician(s) lobbied: John Hogan (Secretary General), Department of Finance; Oliver Gilvarry (Assistant Secretary), Department of Finance

Intent: To discuss Bank of Ireland’s contribution to the Irish economy, its future strategic plans, and the importance of a level playing field across the financial services sector.

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (Minister), Department of Finance; John Hogan (Secretary General), Department of Finance; Oliver Gilvarry (Assistant Secretary), Department of Finance; Clare Mungovan (Special Adviser), Department of the Taoiseach; Niall O Connor (Special Adviser), Department of Finance; Sarah Bardon (Chief of Staff), Department of the Taoiseach

Intent: To outline Bank of Ireland’s contribution to the Irish economy and brief the Department on Bank of Ireland’s views on a range of matters.

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Ryan O'Meara (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eileen Lynch (Senator), Seanad; Cathal Byrne (Senator), Seanad

Intent: To encourage legislative change to facilitate the introduction of an SMS scam filter in Ireland, and to support the introduction of the Shared Fraud Database.

Methods: EmailMeeting

Politician(s) lobbied: John Hogan (Secretary General), Department of Finance

Intent: To outline Bank of Ireland’s contribution to the Irish economy and brief the Department on Bank of Ireland’s views on a range of matters.

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance; James Browne (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Oliver Gilvarry (Assistant Secretary), Department of Finance; John Hogan (Secretary General), Department of Finance

Intent: To brief on the range of supports and funding provided by Bank of Ireland Group to support home building across Ireland, to discuss the role and availability of equity finance for home builders, and on the value of additional collaboration between the public and private sector to support greater levels of home building.

Methods: LetterMeeting

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

Intent: To outline Bank of Ireland’s view for the Ireland for Finance strategy and to discuss funds policy as part of the Government’s Funds Review and future policy statement.

Methods: Event / ReceptionMeetingSubmission

Politician(s) lobbied: Fiona O'Connor (Special Adviser), Department of Finance; Deborah Sweeney (Special Adviser), Department of Finance

Intent: To encourage legislative change to facilitate the introduction of an SMS scam filter in Ireland, and to support proposals to amend the EU Payment Ser-vices Regulation to clamp down on fraudulent online financial services advertising.

Methods: EmailMeeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance

Intent: To advocate for a range of public policy interventions to support capital markets and sustainable wealth management.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Martin Heydon (Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Brian Purcell (Adviser to Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Barry Cassidy (Special Adviser), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Intent: To share insight on the Bank’s approach to supporting farmers.

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance; Oliver Gilvarry (Assistant Secretary), Department of Finance; Des Carville (Head of Unit), Department of Finance; Fiona O'Connor (Special Adviser), Department of Finance; Deborah Sweeney (Special Adviser), Department of Finance

Intent: To outline Bank of Ireland’s long term commitment to the Irish market, update on its performance and strategy, and share views on a range of topics.

Methods: EmailMeeting