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 Banking and Financial Institutions

Period 1 May. 2026 to 31 Aug. 2026

Specific Details ILCU policy conference organisation and speeches on 22 May 2026 on credit union issues, specifically the future of the sector, the consumer rotection code, legislation, levies and regulations in light of ILCU Policy conference on 22nd of May

Intended results To highlight key issues and to learn key supervisory and political viewpoints on the credit union sector

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?) Yes

Current or Former Designated Public Official(s)

Barry Harrington (Former DPO) Adviser to Minister of State (Department of Finance)

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 (2-5)

To outline key issue impacting our sector including the consumer protection code and plans for it to apply to credit union sector.

Email (6-10)

To outline key issue impacting our sector including the consumer protection code and political issues impacting our sector including the forthcoming credit union strategy. A letter of thank was emailed to both Minister Troy and Deputy Governor after the event.

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.

Robert Troy Minister of State (Department of Finance)

Andrew Smith Adviser to Minister of State (Department of Finance)

Colm Kincaid Director (Central Bank of Ireland)