Banking & Payments Federation Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Banking & Payments Federation Ireland

Date published 20 May, 2022

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Banking and Financial Institutions

Period 1 Jan, 2022 to 30 Apr, 2022

Specific Details Fraud, deception and related offences and the new Taskforce on Nuisance Communications that has been established to address the matter

Intended results To set up a meeting to understand the work of the Taskforce more fully and to highlight useful information / research BPFI have that maybe helpful

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Olivia Buckley

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 (1)

This was an email sent with information with the aim of arranging a meeting to Paul Kenny and John McDonald. NO meeting was held with Paul as the meeting was held with John McDonald.

Meeting (1)

A meeting was then held with John McDonald to discuss the new Taskforce on Nuisance Communications that has been established to address fraudulent concerns, with the support of the Department of the Environment, Climate Change, and Communications.

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.

Paul Kenny Special Adviser (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)

John McDonald Special Adviser (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)