MetLife

Lobbying Organisation MetLife

Date published 21 Jan, 2016

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Sep, 2015 to 31 Dec, 2015

Specific Details Meeting on October 27 and letter on December 16 regarding the transposition of the EU Audit Directive into Irish legislation. Meeting included discussion of overall economic and business environment in Ireland with IDA.

Intended results Ireland chooses the derogation contained in the EU legislation to extend the maximum tenure of an audit firm to 20 years or have a reasonable transition period for those engagement contracts that are at or about to hit ten years at the time of the transposition.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Pete Carlson (Global Chief Accounting Officer), Marty Lippert (Global Head of Technology and Operations), Nick Hayter (Western & Central Europe Chief Financial Officer), Gino Del Sesto (Western & Central Europe Head of Government Relations)

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.

Meeting (1)

One meeting in New York with Minister for Justice, Enterprise, and Innovation.

Letter (1)

Letter to Minister for Justice, Enterprise, and Innovation with cc to MEP, Minister of State, and ASG Department of 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.

Richard Bruton Minister (Department of Education and Skills)

Simon Harris Minister of State (Department of Finance)

Neil Ryan Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)

Brian Hayes MEP (European Parliament)