St Raphael's Garda Credit Union

Lobbying Organisation St Raphael's Garda Credit Union

Date published 19 May, 2017

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Banking and Financial Institutions

Period 1 Jan, 2017 to 30 Apr, 2017

Specific Details Correspondence to highlight how restrictive current regulations are for credit unions and how difficult it is to get meaningful engagement from the CBI in relation to making changes to these regulations. Specifically, our lobbying relates to how term limits for credit unions restrict our ability to do mortgage related lending and how these regulations are threatening our long term viability,

Intended results Have changes made to the regulations and to the Credit Union Act to ensure the safeguarding of the future of credit unions.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Claire Byrne

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.

Letter (1)

Letter was addressed to John McGuinness in his capacity as Chair of Oireachtas Committee on Finance.

Phone call (2-5)

Email (2-5)

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.

John McGuinness TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael McGrath TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)