Cork Chamber

Lobbying Organisation Cork Chamber

Date published 15 Sep, 2025

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Taxation

Period 1 May, 2025 to 31 Aug, 2025

Specific Details A meeting between Cork Chamber and officials relating to potential tax measures to boost housing supply

Intended results Support for introducing or changing tax schemes to motivate housing construction

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Conor Healy

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)

A meeting which took place as part of the Chambers Ireland CEO Executive Forum in Limerick's Strand Hotel on July 1 in which the potential use of tax measures to motivate housing construction was proposed by Chamber officials

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.

Stephen Kinsella Special Adviser (Department of the Taoiseach)