Credit Union Development Association (CUDA)

Lobbying Organisation Credit Union Development Association

Date published 21 Jan, 2018

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Housing

Period 1 Sep, 2017 to 31 Dec, 2017

Specific Details Social & affordable housing

Intended results To ensure appropriate legal framework for credit unions is in place that will permit funding for the purpose of social and affordable housing

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Kevin Johnson, CEO

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.

Email (1)

Email to Eoghan Murphy TD to highlight the restrictive nature of lending and investment provisions in Credit Union legislation/regulations and the changes required in order to ulitise credit union funds to, inter alia, help meet social and affordable housing needs.

Email (1)

Email to Councillor Maeve Yore on the restrictive nature of lending and investment provisions of regulations and the changes required in order to enable credit unions lend for the purposes of social and affordable housing.

Meeting (1)

Meeting with Damien English TD on the legislative and regulatory changes required in order to permit credit unions develop their loan and investment portfolios, including the provision of funding to help meet social and affordable housing needs.

Meeting (1)

Meeting with Michael Fitzmaurice TD to promote the changes required to legislation to allow credit unions lend for the purposes of social and affordable housing.

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 (Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government)

Maeve Anna Yore Councillor (Louth County council)

Damien English Minister of State (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)

Michael Fitzmaurice TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)