Relevant Matter
Matters involving public funds
Public Policy Area
Budgetary matters
Period
1 Sep, 2017 to 31 Dec, 2017
Specific Details
[Sep-Dec 2017] Seeking enactment of Dublin Chamber's recommendations for Budget 2018.
Intended results
Increase employment and talent retention in SMEs by improving the tax regime on share-based remuneration.
Encourage investment in indigenous business by applying a lower rate of CGT (20%) to all investment in unquoted companies.
Increase the Earned Income Tax Credit for the self-employed to €1,650 in 2018.
Increase the number of scaling businesses in Ireland by improving Entrepreneur’s Relief on CGT.
Ensure equality of treatment for the self-employed by removing the 3% USC Surcharge.
Assign buoyant revenues to capital investment in productive infrastructure.
Increase private funding sources for infrastructural projects through Public Private Partnerships.
Report from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on the implications for the Capital Programme of funding water infrastructure investment through the exchequer.
Explore innovative means of financing projects with the European Investment Bank.
Review the EU fiscal rules with other Member States.
Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity
Mr. Aebhric McGibney, Director of Public and International Affairs
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?
Yes
What is the directive you gave to the grassroots campaigners?
Dublin Chamber advised its membership to communicate the policy concerns listed above in any interactions that members had with DPOs.
Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client?
No
Mass communications
Meeting All TDs
Dublin Chamber's Pre-Budget 2018 Submission was circulated to all TDs.
Lobbying activity
The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.
Meeting (2-5)
Dublin Chamber held meetings with DPOs at which the Chamber advocated its positions in relation to Budget 2018, investment and taxation.
Event / Reception (1)
Dublin Chamber hosted an event to which DPOs were invited and at which the Chamber's positions on Budget 2018 were advocated.
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 Lynam
Special Adviser (Department of Finance)
Declan Hughes
Assistant Secretary (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)
Mícheál MacDonncha
Councillor (Dublin City Council)
Dr Orlaigh Quinn
Secretary General (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)
Graham Doyle
Secretary General (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)
Martin Fraser
Secretary General (Department of the Taoiseach)
Robert Watt
Secretary General (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)
Paul Reid
CEO (Fingal County Council)
Philomena Poole
CEO (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)
Micheál Martin
TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)
Noel Rock
TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)
John Lahart
TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)
John Callinan
Assistant Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)