Retail Excellence Ireland (Retail Excellence Servies Limited)

Lobbying Organisation Retail Excellence Ireland

Date published 08 May, 2019

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Finance

Period 1 Jan, 2019 to 30 Apr, 2019

Specific Details Insurance

Intended results To inform the minister of the catastrophic impact on businesses of the insurance crisis currently in Ireland To become more informed on the state of play at present and the intended actions of government in dealing with this crisis.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Bryan Rankin

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)

Meeting with Minister D'Arcy and his officials in the Department of Finance where we presented findings from members on the hugely negative impact of fraudulent claims and the resulting high public liability premiums.

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.

Michael D'Arcy Minister of State (Department of Finance)