Intent: Ensure understanding of the priorities of business in its call for greater diversification of funding streams to fund infrastructure delivery::Ensure support for business call for the ringfencing of corporate tax revenues for investment in higher education::Ensure understanding of business concern that raising carbon tax or excise duty may choke-off economic activity rather than encourage fuel switching or modal shifts::Ensure agreement that Science Foundation Ireland’s investment in research centres is key to delivering in areas of strategic importance to Irish business::Ensure understanding of the benefits of ringfencing corporation tax gains for infrastructure investment projects::Ensure political support for North-South Interconnector.
Details: Business priorities for the economy, infrastructure delivery, investment in education, low-carbon pathways, science research centres, and the North-South Interconnector
Met with John Lahart TD regarding alcohol policy and Budget 2018 - MeetingSubmitted pre-budget submission document to relevant Ministers/Parliamentarians and Government Officials regarding alcohol policy and Budget 2018 - SubmissionWrote to relevant Ministers/Parliamentarians and Government Officials regarding alcohol policy and Budget 2018 - Letter
Intent: Secure understanding of the benefits achieved by soft drinks companies by reducing the sugar content of their products through reformulation, and raise questions regarding the minimal benefit of the proposed tax on target populations.::Achieve agreement that in the four countries where sugar sweetened drink taxes were introduced (Mexico, France, Denmark, Hungary) obesity actually increased.::Deliver real and effective solutions to yield real public health benefits through continued work with Government.
Intent: to achieve implementation of a VAT Compensation scheme arising from the Working Group Report published for the Mnister for Finance with the Nov 2015 Budget
Details: Implementation of a VAT Compensation scheme for the charity sector
to raise the contents of the 2015 Working Group on Charities' VAT - Phone callto raise the contents of the 2015 Working Group on Charities' VAT - Emailto raise the contents of the 2015 Working Group on Charities' VAT - Meeting
Follow up calls to letters requesting action - Phone callLetter requesting action, sent to Minister Paschal Donohoe (plus officials) and Michael Noonan (plus officials) - Email
Intent: A better understanding of the company's investments in Ireland and its involvement in community based activities. An understanding of the competitive landscape, and the company's response to the proposed tax on sugar sweetened drinks.
Details: Meetings to outline business priorities for Coca-Cola in Ireland, including investment opportunities and proposals for a tax on sugar sweetened drinks.
Meetings to outline business priorities for Coca-Cola in Ireland, including investment opportunities and proposals for a tax on sugar sweetened drinks. - Meeting
Intent: Development of Government Policy on Solar Energy::Seeking amendment to Capital Gains Retirement Relief and Agricultural Relief requirements for farmland with solar panels
Details: Development of Government Policy on Solar Energy
Issued pre-budget submission to relevant Ministers, members of the Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Environment, members of the Finance Committee and members of the Agriculture Committee. - LetterMet 6 TDs, 3 Department officials and 1 Special Adviser - MeetingSubmitted Pre-Budget Submission to the Department of Finance - Submission
Email requesting courtesy visit to Minister Noonan by Bill Conway, Peter Garvey and Jonathan Cosgrave, The Carlyle Group. - EmailFollow-up call to confirm and arrange time for meeting. - Phone call
Circulated pre-budget submission to relevant Ministers/Ministers of State and members of the Future of Healthcare, Health and Finance Committees - SubmissionMet with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and Special Adviser regarding residential disability care services - Meeting
