Law Society of Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Law Society of Ireland

Date published 20 Jan, 2017

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Economic Development and Industry

Period 1 Sep, 2016 to 31 Dec, 2016

Specific Details Third Law Society Submission to include commentary and proposals for amendments to the Companies Act 2014

Intended results The Society provided practical experience of the new Companies Acts, clarifying some the provisions and proposals to remove technical anomalies Recommendations and key areas outlined below

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Ken Murphy, Director General

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.

Submission (1)

Recommendations and issues raised included: - Difficulties caused by the mandatory nature of s183(5) and (8). - Difficulties caused by the mandatory nature of s184. - Limitations of the merger procedure under Part 9 of the Act. - Section 480 (5) to (8) – registers in the State. - Error in s167. - Error in s1205 – Proxies. - Requirement to make a notification in respect of rights to subscribe for shares. - The EC (Public Limited Companies Subsidiaries) Regulations 1997. - Section 471 – Domestic Mergers.

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.

Mary Mitchell O'Connor TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Breda Power Assistant Secretary (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)