St Dominic Credit Union Ltd

Lobbying Organisation St Dominic Credit Union Ltd

Date published 16 Jan, 2025

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Banking and Financial Institutions

Period 1 Sep, 2024 to 31 Dec, 2024

Specific Details Meeting with the Minister to deal with key issues facing Credit Unions over the coming months and years that are barriers to our attempts to achieve growth and to enhance the financial services our members can avail of from us thus giving them a better choice in the market place and creating a more competitive environment.

Intended results We were working to: o Increase and amplify Credit Unions’ influence; o Raise awareness and understanding of key issues; o Remove regulatory barriers to loan growth; o Strategies to support credit unions namely in the following areas improve competition, increase loan to asset ratio while decreasing cost to income ratio; and o Look for regulatory certainty that takes proportionality into account.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Conan Gallagher

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Meeting (1)

Meeting held at the office of Waterford Credit Union Ltd, Upper Grange, Waterford.

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

Neale Richmond Minister of State (Department of Finance)