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Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 13)
2025-03-04
Politician(s) lobbied: Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Justice and Equality; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister of State), Department of Finance; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister of State), Department of the Taoiseach; Martin Heydon (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; John Cummins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Paul O'Shea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Finance; Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Education; Mary Butler (Minister of State), Department of Health; James Lawless (Minister of State), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications; James Browne (Minister of State), Department of Justice; Deirdre Gillane (Chief of Staff), Department of the Taoiseach; Brian Keegan (Special Advisor), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Intent: Ensuring the TDs responsible for negotiating the program for government were aware of ISME's principal policiy priorities
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Making known the ISME policy priorities for the program for government |
2025-03-04
Politician(s) lobbied: John Callinan (Secretary General), Department of the Taoiseach; John Shaw (Assistant Secretary), Department of the Taoiseach
Intent: Ensuring SMEs have LEEF representation, enterprise policy reflects the needs of the SME sector, seeking competitive consumer prices, seeking defamation act reform and reform of legal costs, reform of PRSI, establishment of a public spending commission and a public pay commission.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Ensuring that the incoming administration is aware of the issues facing SMEs in 2025 and beyond |
2025-03-04
Politician(s) lobbied: Barry Cowen (MEP), European Parliament; Regina Doherty (MEP), European Parliament
Intent: Seeking to ensure that the proposed late payments regulation was consistent with Irish business and payment norms, especially as they pertain to SMEs.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Late Payments Regulation |
2025-03-04
Politician(s) lobbied: Dara Calleary (Minister of State), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Intent: Ascertaining if a particular business segment was eligible for payment of the Power Up grant.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Availability of the Power Up grant |
2024-08-30
Politician(s) lobbied: John Callinan (Secretary General), Department of the Taoiseach
Intent: We sought a meeting between the Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach and the ISME National Council to discuss matters of collective bargaining and engagement with SMEs
Methods: Email, Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Social dialogue and collective bargaining |
2024-08-30
Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Emer Higgins (Minister of State), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Intent: We requested that the Taoiseach would facilitate the inclusion of representation for SMEs on the labour employer economic forum
Methods: Email, Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Representation for small and medium enterprise on the labour and employer economic forum |
2024-05-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach
Intent: To secure SME representation on the Labour Economic Enterprise Forum (LEEF)
Methods: Email, Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Seeking a meeting between ISME Chair Marc O'Dwyer and Taoiseach in respect of indigenous industrial policy |
2024-05-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Peter Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Declan Hughes (Secretary General), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Intent: SME representation on the Labour Employer Economic Forum (LEEF); tackling the business costs agenda; indigenous enterprise policy; tax reform for workers and business; the need to upskill the SME owner-manager cohort.
Methods: Email, Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Seeking a meeting between ISME Chair Marc O'Dwyer and Minister Burke to discuss indigenous enterprise issues. |
2024-05-20
Politician(s) lobbied: James Browne (Minister of State), Department of Justice; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister of State), Department of Finance; Andrew Munro (Assistant Secretary), Department of Justice
Intent: Ensuring that the proposed defamation reform bill will be compliant in all respects with the proposed ANTI-SLAPP Directive
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | State compliance with the proposed EU Anti-SLAPP Directive |
2024-05-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Justice; Oonagh McPhillips (Secretary General), Department of Justice; Doncha O’Sullivan (Deputy Secretary), Department of Justice; Andrew Munro (Assistant Secretary), Department of Justice; James Browne (Minister of State), Department of Justice
Intent: We wish to ensure that the defamation reforms sought from the Department of Justice in July 2023 are delivered. https://isme.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/ISME-Note-to-Justice-Minister-re-defamation.pdf
Methods: Email, Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Request to meet with the Justice Minister to ensure that reforms to the defamation act are sufficient to meet the requirements of the European Convention on Human Rights. |
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