Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers

Lobbying Organisation Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers

Date published 21 Sep, 2020

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Housing

Period 1 May, 2020 to 31 Aug, 2020

Specific Details Review of the Help-to-Buy scheme.

Intended results For the Help-to-Buy scheme for First-Time Buyers (FTB) to be extended to the end of December 2021 and to also extend the scheme or part of it, to include second-hand homes, especially needed in this challenging economic climate.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Pat Davitt, CEO of the Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers (IPAV)

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.

Letter (1)

Letter to: Mr Paschal Donohoe TD, Minister for Finance & Public Expenditure and Reform and cc'd to: Mr Eoghan Murphy TD, Minister for Housing, Planning & Local Government Mr Damien English TD, Minister of State for Housing & Urban Development

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 Public Expenditure and Reform)

Eoghan Murphy Minister (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)

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