Irish SME Association

Politician(s) lobbied: Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Simon Harris (Minister), Department of Finance; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; John Callinan (Second Secretary General), Department of the Taoiseach; John Hogan (Secretary General), Department of Finance; David Moloney (Secretary General), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Declan Hughes (Secretary General), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Intent: • First, the need to deliver regulatory simplification.• Second, the need for the EU to fully mobilise the Single Market .• Third, the need to ensure a level playing field for SMEs.• Fourth, the need to provide energy resilience and affordability for SME competitiveness. • Fifth, the need to ensure digital sovereignty for SMEs. • Sixth, the need for affordable access to finance for SMEs.• Lastly, the need to understand that SMEs are a key factor in economic resilience

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Jim O'Callaghan (Minister), Department of Justice

Intent: Amendment of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 to ban upward only rent reviews in leases which pre-date February 2010

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance; Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Robert Troy (Minister of State), Department of Finance; John Hogan (Secretary General), Department of Finance; Declan Hughes (Secretary General), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Clare Costello (Assistant Secretary), Department of Finance; Sinead Ryan (Assistant Secretary), Department of Finance

Intent: Removal of the 'on or before' requirement in Revenue reporting of the small benefit exemption

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance; Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Robert Troy (Minister of State), Department of Finance; John Hogan (Secretary General), Department of Finance; Declan Hughes (Secretary General), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Clare Costello (Assistant Secretary), Department of Finance; Sinead Ryan (Assistant Secretary), Department of Finance

Intent: Sought variation on qualifying sales for Section 56 Export VAT, review of entrepreneurial incentives, tax treatment of ETFs

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Louise O'Donnell (Deputy Chairperson), Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation

Intent: To ensure that employers and employees would not not be disadvantaged by the failure to fill a seat in the Labour Court Division.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: James Lawless (Minister), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science; William Beausang (Assistant Secretary), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science; Colm O'Reardon (Secretary General), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

Intent: Sought a meeting with the DFHERIS minister to ensure that the budgetary allocation for skills training would not be reduced in Budget 2026

Methods: EmailLetter

Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown

Intent: Unknown

Methods: Unknown

Politician(s) lobbied: Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Declan Hughes (Secretary General), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Intent: Request for Minister for Enterprise to attend ISME Annual Lunch

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Deirdre Gillane (Chief of Staff), Department of the Taoiseach

Intent: Ensuring that budget 2026 adequately addresses business costs, indigenous enterprise policy, SME and workforce upskilling, sustainable public finances and housing.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown

Intent: To ask that require the bill as tabled would be amended to ensure compliance with the Irish constitution, the European Convention on Human Rights, and the EU Anti-SLAPP Directive which is due to come into force in May of 2026.

Methods: EmailLetter