FEXCO Limited

Lobbying Organisation FEXCO Limited

Date published 21 Jan, 2021

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Finance

Period 1 Sep. 2020 to 31 Dec. 2020

Specific Details Brexit Bill: A change to the Retail Export Scheme (a scheme which allows qualifying travellers (being tourists resident outside the EU) to claim a refund of VAT charged on goods purchased in Ireland) which would have serious adverse consequences for Fexco's tax refund business.

Intended results Discuss measures which could be introduced should the UK not introduce a VAT retail export scheme in a no-deal Brexit situation.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Lisa Murphy, General Manager, Fexco Tax Free UC and Ruth McCarthy, CEO, Fexco Corporate Payments UC

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 (6-10)

Emails from Lisa Murphy to the DPO's listed below (excluding Mairead McGuinness). Emails between Ruth McCarthy and Mairead McGuinness 20 November 2020 – email 9 December 2020 – email

Conference Call (1)

Conference Call 18 November 2020 between Ruth McCarthy and Mairead McGuinness, MEP.

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.

Joe Carey TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael McNamara TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Róisín Garvey Senator (Seanad)

Cathal Crowe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Brendan Howlin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Timmy Dooley TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mairead McGuinness MEP (European Parliament)