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Politician(s) lobbied: Sinead Ryan (Assistant Secretary), Department of Finance

Intent: Various proposals to be taken into account in the drafting of Finance Bill 2026

Methods: Letter

Politician(s) lobbied: Niall Cody (Chairman), The Office of the Revenue Commissioners; Simon Harris (Minister), Department of Finance

Intent: For the E withholding tax proposals to be reconsidered

Methods: MeetingSubmission

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

Intent: Implementation of pre-action protocol in personal injury and medical negligence civil litigation

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Clare Costello (Assistant Secretary), Department of Finance

Intent: Replace the term 'construction' in the draft legislation with 'development' to better reflect the published policy intention

Methods: Letter

Politician(s) lobbied: Maureen O'Sullivan (Registrar), The Companies Registration Office

Intent: If the new powers (under Sections 203-207 of the Companies Act 2014 as amended by Sections 16-20 of the 2024 Act) to prescribe forms of declaration for the purposes of each of Sections 203-207 are to be exercised, seeking engagement with the Companies Registration Office 1) to discuss the request that prescribed forms should only be required for declarations made after the date of the prescribing regulations, and 2) on finalising the related online filing process before it comes into effect.

Methods: Letter

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

Intent: New legislation so that Ireland will have a vehicle that will make it a popular and internationally competitive jurisdiction for establishing private equity funds

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Jim O'Callaghan (Minister), Department of Justice

Intent: Implementation of a pre-action protocol in personal injury and medical negligence civil litigation with a view to reducing the time and costs involved.

Methods: Letter

Politician(s) lobbied: Sinead Ryan (Assistant Secretary), Department of Finance; Clare Costello (Assistant Secretary), Department of Finance

Intent: Introduce related changes in Finance Act 2025

Methods: Letter

Politician(s) lobbied: Sinead Ryan (Assistant Secretary), Department of Finance

Intent: Introduce related changes in Finance Act 2025

Methods: Letter

Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown

Intent: Unknown

Methods: Unknown