Volkswagen Group Ireland Limited

Lobbying Organisation Volkswagen Group Ireland Limited

Date published 21 Jan, 2021

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Taxation

Period 1 Sep, 2020 to 31 Dec, 2020

Specific Details The sharing of VGIE's proposal for Climate Action and Vehicle Tax Strategy

Intended results Seeking to ensure a greener, sustainable new car market with a phased tax band modification to reflect the measured growth towards electrification. incentivise a younger, cleaner national car fleet Incentivise the growth of new car volumes compared to 2019 & 2020. maintain VRT & VAT returns for the government whilst protecting jobs in the automotive industry.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Carla Wentzel - Managing Director

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 No. 1 Date: 3rd September 2020 Carla Wentzel - Volkwagen Group Ireland John Donegan - Skoda Ireland Paddy Comyn - Volkswagen Group Ireland Richard Molloy - Audi Ireland Martin Cardiff - Volkswagen Passenger Cars Ireland John Mc Donald – Advisor to Eamon Ryan, Minister for Transport & Climate Change Paul Kenny - Advisor to Eamon Ryan, Minister for Transport & Climate Change

Meeting (1)

Meeting No.2 Date: 11th September 2020 Carla Wentzel - Volkswagen Group Ireland John Donegan - Skoda Ireland Paddy Comyn - Volkswagen Group Ireland Richard Molloy - Audi Ireland Martin Cardiff - Volkswagen Passenger Cars Ireland Ed Brophy - Advisor to Pascal Donohoe, Minister for Finance Gerry Kenny – Official, working in the Department of Finance

Meeting (1)

Meeting No.3 Date: 9th October 2020 Carla Wentzel - Volkswagen Group Ireland Martin Cardiff - Volkswagen Passenger Cars Ireland Niall Phillips - SEAT Ireland Richard Molloy - Audi Ireland Darren O’Rouke (Transport Spokesperson from Sinn Fein)

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.

John McDonald Special Adviser (Department of Transport)

Paul Kenny Special Adviser (Department of Climate Action, Communication Networks and Transport)

Ed Brophy Special Adviser (Department of Finance)

Darren O'Rourke TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)