Irish Tax Institute

Lobbying Organisation Irish Tax Institute

Date published 21 May, 2020

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Taxation

Period 1 Jan, 2020 to 30 Apr, 2020

Specific Details Publication of the Institute's Election 2020 Tax Briefing Papers

Intended results The purpose of the Election 2020 Tax Briefing Papers was to help inform public debate during the General Election campaign and to assist political parties in their deliberations on a number of key elements of Ireland’s tax system, including the personal tax base, supporting business through taxation and using the tax system to tackle climate change

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Cathy Herbert

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?) Yes

Current or Former Designated Public Official(s)

Cathy Herbert (Former DPO) Special Advisor (Department of Finance)

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.

Submission (1)

Submission to members of the Oireachtas on 21 January 2020

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.

Paschal Donohoe Minister (Department of Finance)

Michael McGrath TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Pearse Doherty TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Joan Burton TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Eamon Ryan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ed Brophy Special Adviser (Department of Finance)