Financial Justice Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Financial Justice Ireland

Date published 21 May, 2016

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Finance

Period 1 Jan, 2016 to 30 Apr, 2016

Specific Details DDCI spoke before the Public Accounts Committee to express concerns about gaps in Ireland’s corporate taxation and incentives system, along with its transfer-pricing regime, which facilitate multinational corporations to operate aggressive tax dodging schemes from Ireland that reduce their global liabilities and deny much-needed tax revenues to low-income countries.

Intended results Public Accounts Committee should carry out a full review of the use of Irish tax rulings by multinational corporations. We believe tax rulings (1) should not be open-ended, (2) should be costed, and (3) these costs should be included in government estimates. Revenue foregone through tax rulings should be included as expenditure in the government estimates and budget.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Maeve Bateman, Director

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)

We submitted a copy of our report, 'Corporate Tax Secrecy and the State: the Apple case in Ireland' http://www.debtireland.org/download/pdf/20151023141734.pdf We also submitted an opening statement to the Public Accounts Committee: http://www.oireachtas.ie/parliament/media/committees/pac/correspondence/2016-meeting1792101/PAC-R-2077-Correspondence-3C.1---Opening-Statement-from-Debt--Development-Coalition.pdf

Meeting (1)

DDCI's Director, the Chairperson of our board and the report author of our paper 'Corporate Tax Secrecy and the State: the Apple Case in Ireland' appeared before the Public Accounts Committee on the 21st January 2016.

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 Deasy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Robert Dowds TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Áine Collins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paul Connaughton Jr. TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John Perry TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John McGuinness TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Joe Costello TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)