PayPal

Lobbying Organisation PayPal

Date published 20 May, 2020

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Economic Development and Industry

Period 1 Jan, 2020 to 30 Apr, 2020

Specific Details The classification of essential and non-essential businesses during the Covid-19 restrictions on business and society.

Intended results To request permission for a small cohort of employees to work on-site to enable other employees to work remotely.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Annette Hickey

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)

To inform the Government of the measures PayPal has introduced to protect employees from the spread and impact of Covid-19 and to request permission for a small cohort of employees to work on-site to enable other employees to work remotely.

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.

Declan Hughes Assistant Secretary (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)

Orlaigh Quinn Secretary General (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)