Irish Sports Matters Ltd t/a the Federation of Irish Sport

Lobbying Organisation Irish Sports Matters Ltd t/a the Federation of Irish Sport

Date published 20 Jan, 2025

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Sports and Recreation

Period 1 Sep, 2024 to 31 Dec, 2024

Specific Details Taxation Reform under action 3.7 of the National Sports policy

Intended results Changes to the existing tax system are needed to facilitate greater investment, those changes should not be restricted to capital investment. That the relevant provisions of the tax legislation (Section 847A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997) be extended so that it covers certain aspects of current expenditure.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Mary O Connor

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.

Letter (1)

Proposal to extend tax relief for donations to sporting bodies - S. 847A TCA relief to apply to donations used for the purposes of those ring-fenced non-capital expenditure programmes incurred by NGBs in their delivery of high-performance programmes.Deployment of long-term Strategic Development Funds established by NGBs to promote capital investment in sports facilities

Submission (1)

Pre budget submission - Extending Relief on Donations to Approved Sporting Bodies, vat relief for sporting bodies, Granting Of Charitable Status to those national governing bodies and local sport partnerships who wish to pursue that option. Tax-driven incentives for personal exercise.

Letter (1)

The Federation of Irish Sport welcoming announcement in the Budget speech thanking the Minister for the inclusion of significant measures in the Finance Bill to support the sport sector in planning and investing for the future. Sought clarification under the definition of National Governing Body and therefore eligible.

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.

Jack Chambers Minister (Department of Finance)

Sam Griffin Adviser to Minister (Department of Finance)

Shane Smyth Adviser to Minister (Department of Finance)