Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland (CPA Ireland)

Lobbying Organisation Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland (CPA Ireland)

Date published 05 Sep, 2018

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Finance

Period 1 May, 2018 to 31 Aug, 2018

Specific Details Company (Statutory Audits) Bill 2017

Intended results Retention of the right to apply to extend late filing in the District Court

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Maureen Kelly

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? Yes

What is the directive you gave to the grassroots campaigners? To lobby their public representative on section 343 of the Companies Act 2014 on the right to apply to extend late filing in the District Court.

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (1)

Communication was sent to CPA Ireland members only in an e-bulletin in June.

Event / Reception (2-5)

At training events countrywide, CPA Ireland members were encouraged to lobby on this matter in May.

Phone call (1)

Text message sent from Maureen Kelly (CPA Ireland) to Billy Kelleher (TD) on July 10th.

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.

Billy Kelleher TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)