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Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 37)
Politician(s) lobbied: Andrew Munro (Assistant Secretary), Department of Justice; John Shaw (Assistant Secretary), Department of the Taoiseach; Aine Stapleton (Assistant Secretary), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Intent: To enhance Law Society cooperation with Housing for All initiatives, to discuss pre-contract surveys and other potential improvements to the conveyancing process. To advance discussions with the LGMA in relation to request and reply letters on roads and services in charge in order to streamline conveyancing process and achieve alignment with Tailte Eireann
Methods: Email, Meeting, Submission
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Housing for All |
Politician(s) lobbied: Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Justice and Equality
Intent: To communicate the Law Society position on various issues of justice and law reform to the Minister for Justice via informal and formal channels.
Methods: Email, Informal communication
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Discussion on justice and law reform issues with the Minister for Justice |
Politician(s) lobbied: Sinead Ryan (Assistant Secretary), Department of Finance
Intent: Amendments to legislation related to S299 and S80A of Taxes Consolidation Act
Methods: Meeting, Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Taxes Consolidation Act - Leasing Group forum |
Politician(s) lobbied: Sinead Ryan (Assistant Secretary), Department of Finance
Intent: The Introduction of a Participation Exemption Regime, and a review of Ireland's Interest Deductibility Rules, and Pillar 2.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Finance Bill and Finance Act 2024 |
Politician(s) lobbied: Jeanette Doonan (Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades), The Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Intent: Amendments to the Finance Bill including the participation exemption, Pillar 1 and Pillar 2
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) elements of the Finance Bill 2024 |
Politician(s) lobbied: Brian Boyle (Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades), The Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Intent: To seek changes to ineffective practices in tax audits and to ensure legislation does not include unforeseen results
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Tax audits at TALC audit committee. Legislation is also discussed at this committee |
Politician(s) lobbied: Tom James (Assistant Secretary), The Office of the Revenue Commissioners; Jeanette Doonan (Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades), The Office of the Revenue Commissioners; Therese Bourke (Assistant Secretary), The Office of the Revenue Commissioners; Brian Boyle (Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades), The Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Intent: To identify anomalies and potential implementation challenges in the Finance Bill 2024 related to Capital Acquisitions Taxes and other direct taxes
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Direct and Capital Taxes committee of TALC |
Politician(s) lobbied: Tom James (Assistant Secretary), The Office of the Revenue Commissioners; Jeanette Doonan (Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades), The Office of the Revenue Commissioners; Therese Bourke (Assistant Secretary), The Office of the Revenue Commissioners; Brian Boyle (Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades), The Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Intent: To identify pitfalls in certain existing and proposed legislation and to encourage changes to tax legislation
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Tax legislation discussion at TALC main committee meetings |
Politician(s) lobbied: Carole Sullivan (Director), Department of Justice
Intent: To resolve issues with delays in payment of Legal Aid fees, and to resolve issues with disclosure payments and multiple certificates
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Criminal Legal Aid fees |
Politician(s) lobbied: Fiona Quinn (Assistant Secretary), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Intent: To offer a Law Society perspective on the 2019 Act and to set out some key issues and concerns regarding certain rates related provisions
Methods: Email, Submission
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Submission on the Local Government Rates and Other Matters Act 2019 |
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