Alcohol Action Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Alcohol Action Ireland

Date published 21 Sep, 2022

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Finance

Period 1 May, 2022 to 31 Aug, 2022

Specific Details Submission on Budget 2023

Intended results Advise the Minister for Finance not to further enhance the affordability of alcohol by reducing excise taxes and introduction of Alcohol Harm levies on all alcohol economic operators to adequately fund coherent alcohol initiatives and programmes.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Eunan McKinney

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)

Advise to the Minister for Finance not to further enhance the affordability of alcohol by reducing excise taxes, introduce a Consumer Price/Inflation Index to alcohol excise rates from 2023, and Alcohol Harm levies on all alcohol economic operators to adequately fund coherent alcohol initiatives and programmes.

Social Media (6-10)

Highlight advice to the Minister for Finance not to further enhance the affordability of alcohol by reducing excise taxes, introduce a Consumer Price/Inflation Index to alcohol excise rates from 2023, and Alcohol Harm levies on all alcohol economic operators to adequately fund coherent alcohol initiatives and programmes.

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)

Michael McGrath Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Pearse Doherty TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ged Nash TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Róisín Shorthall TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Thomas Gould TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Frank Feighan Minister of State (Department of Health)

Stephen Donnelly Minister (Department of Health)