Grant Thornton

Lobbying Organisation Grant Thornton

Date published 18 May, 2017

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Finance

Period 1 Jan, 2017 to 30 Apr, 2017

Specific Details The filing requirements for unlimited companies re: proposed changes to the Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016

Intended results Reduce filing requirements for unlimited companies and to flag some concerns re: specific provisions of the Bill.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Frank Walsh

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)

Niall Collins (Currently employed as a DPO) TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Eoghan Murphy (Currently employed as a DPO) 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 (1)

24/01/2017 meeting by GT Partners Frank Walsh & Jillian O'Sullivan with Niall Collins T.D. re: the topic specified above. Meeting took place in the Dail. Meeting had been arranged by GT Director Liam Kenny via Dara Calleary T.D. in November 2016.

Submission (1)

26/01/2017 email from GT Partner Frank Walsh to Minister of State Eoghan Murphy T.D re: the topic specified above. Minister of State Eoghan Murphy T.D. raised topic with and received responses from Minister Mary Mitchell O'Connor T.D. (as mentioned in 9/5/2017 reply letter from Minister of State Eoghan Murphy T.D. to GT Partner Frank Walsh).

Meeting (1)

21/03/2017 meeting by GT Partners Frank Walsh with Roy Dooney, special adviser to Minister Mary Mitchell O'Connor T.D., re: the topic specified above.

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.

Eoghan Murphy Minister of State (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Niall Collins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor Minister (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)

Roy Dooney Special Advisor (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)