Irish League of Credit Unions

Lobbying Organisation Irish League of Credit Unions

Date published 18 Sep, 2026

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Budgetary matters

Period 1 May. 2026 to 31 Aug. 2026

Specific Details Irish League of Credit unions Pre-budget submission

Intended results To highlight issues and suggest targeted policy proposals at limited cost that would help competitiveness, improve the operating environment for credit unions and to level the playing field. Key asks included removing the 100k savings limit that applies to credit unions, reviewing the investment regulations applied to credit unions and implement recommendation 11.2 of the retail banking review to bring buy now pay later products into scope of the Central Credit register.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Barry Harrington

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 with Minister Robert Troy took place at the opening of the Public Service Credit Union's new building on 16th of June 2026

Email (11-20)

Emails to Ministers, Members of the Oireachtas Finance Committee and key TDs in Dail Eireann

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 Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform)

Simon Harris Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Finance)

Robert Troy Minister of State (Department of Finance)

Martin Heydon Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Edward Timmins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Shay Brennan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ryan O'Meara TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ged Nash TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Erin McGreehan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Colm Burke Minister of State (Department of Health)

Mairéad Farrell TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Pearse Doherty TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Cian O'Callaghan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Peter 'Chap' Cleere TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Emer Currie TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)