Barclays Bank Ireland PLC

Lobbying Organisation Barclays Bank Ireland PLC

Date published 19 Sep, 2016

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Banking and Financial Institutions

Period 1 May, 2016 to 31 Aug, 2016

Specific Details S.I. No 585 of 2015 Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Act 2013 (Section 48) (Lending to Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises) Regulations 2015 (the “SME Regulations”).

Intended results The communication was intended to highlight the challenges faced by lenders arising from the revised SME Regulations, including as a result of the current definition of a “Borrower”, with the intended result of the communication to bring about a change in the definition of a “Borrower” in the SME Regulations.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Sinead Mahon

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)

The meeting was held at the office of the Banking and Payments Federation Ireland, Nassau Street, Dublin 2. Date of meeting: 29 June 2016, at 08:30am. The meeting was attended by representatives from circa 20 banks operating within Ireland.

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.

Eoghan Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)