The Association of Animation Producers in Ireland Ltd (Animation Ireland)

Lobbying Organisation The Association of Animation Producers in Ireland Ltd

Date published 19 Sep, 2022

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Finance

Period 1 May, 2022 to 31 Aug, 2022

Specific Details Animation Ireland sent submissions to the Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight and a pre Budget submission to the Minister for Finance on the issue of the S481 Film & TV tax credit. The request was for the tax credit to be extended beyond the current sunset date of 31 December 2024 for five years and also for the Regional Development Uplift to be reinstated at 5% for 5 years from 2023.

Intended results Extension of S481 tax credit to 31 December 2029 and reinstatement of the Regional Development Uplift at 5% from 1 January 2023 for 5 years.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Ronan McCabe

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 (2-5)

Submissions were sent by email with covering letters to the Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight and to The Minister for Finance.

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 Finance)

Neasa Hourigan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)