Financial Justice Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Financial Justice Ireland

Date published 19 May, 2016

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Taxation

Period 1 Sep, 2015 to 31 Dec, 2015

Specific Details EU negotiations on public country by country reporting for multinational corporations under the Shareholders Rights Directive

Intended results Irish Government to show strong support during the negotiations over the Shareholders Rights Directive for the proposal to introduce public country by country reporting for multinational corporations.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Acting Co-ordinator (Eilis Ryan)

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 (1)

Letter sent to named DPOs on 24 September 2015 as part of coalition urging the Minister to show strong Ireland's support for the proposal to introduce public country by country reporting for multinational corporations during the negotiations over the Shareholders Rights Directive. By requiring multinational corporations to report publicly on key financial data on a country by country basis, governments would dramatically increase the incentive for these corporations to pay their taxes in the jurisdictions where the economic activity takes place and value is created. This is not only key to achieving financial stability and development in Europe, but also in the world’s poorest countries, where corporate tax avoidance is strongly undermining sustainable development and the fight against poverty.

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)

Michael Noonan Minister (Department of Finance)

Declan Kelleher Assistant Secretary (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Tom Hanney Assistant Secretary (Department of Foreign Affairs)