Irish Exporters Association

Lobbying Organisation Irish Exporters Association

Date published 22 Dec, 2017

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Banking and Financial Institutions

Period 1 Sep, 2017 to 31 Dec, 2017

Specific Details Comparative higher cost of finance from Irish banks V's EU banks

Intended results Raise awareness of this with Government

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Simon McKeever

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)

We raised that we had received feedback recently from some of our members in relation to the cost of funding from Irish Banks, that this was the first time in some years that we were getting this feedback, and that there was research recently published showing Irish Bank funding more expensive than in other European Countries.

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.

Simon Coveney Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Helen McEntee Minister of State (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Brendan Howlin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Eamon Ryan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Stephen Donnelly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Rory Montgomery Second Secretary General (Department of Foreign Affairs)