Relevant Matter
Public policy or programme
Public Policy Area
Economic Development and Industry
Period
1 May, 2020 to 31 Aug, 2020
Specific Details
Communication with named DPO's on the Supplementary Budget 2020
Intended results
To provide for a gradual withdrawal of the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme for SMEs and publish a schedule of planned reductions to allow for financial planning.
To extend the waiver of commercial rates for impacted firms to the end of Q1 2021.
To expand the Restart Grant so that all small firms may be eligible if they meet the other criteria; increase the base rate of pay-out; and re-examine the connection to commercial rates payments to ensure that start-ups and small firms sharing spaces may be eligible.
To expedite the promised roll-out of new credit and finance facilities for SMEs through a new Credit Guarantee Scheme, SURE scheme, the warehousing of tax liabilities, and the scale-up of Microfinance Ireland.
To ease access to the Employment & Investment Incentive (EII) Relief for start-ups impacted by Covid-19 by amending the definition of an ‘undertaking in difficulty’.
To provide for a 14-day payment cycle by all Government departments and their agencies to support business cash flow.
To extend the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme for the hospitality sector until the Budget in October and adapt it to the industry’s labour market conditions.
To stimulate domestic demand by raising the cap on the tax-free voucher for employees while restricting its use to the Irish tourism and hospitality sector.
To increase the individual tax rebate for home working costs as a monetary incentive to prevent a return to congestion and support continued social distancing.
To support modal shift by providing new grant aid for SMEs to cover the costs of new cycling related facilities.
To provide an urban voice on the new SME Taskforce for Covid-19 recovery through City Regions Ireland.
Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity
Fergus Sharpe
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)
Emails exchanged with the named DPO's
Submission (2-5)
Dublin Chamber's Priorities for the Supplementary Budget 2020 and City Region's Ireland was shared with the named DPO's
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.
Heather Humphreys
Minister (Department of Social Protection)
John McKeon
Secretary General (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)
Leo Varadkar
Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)
Orlaigh Quinn
Secretary General (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)
Paschal Donohoe
Minister (Department of Finance)
Derek Moran
Secretary General (Department of Finance)
Micheál Martin
An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)
Martin Fraser
Secretary General (Department of the Taoiseach)
Michael McGrath
Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)
Robert Watt
Secretary General (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)
Robert Troy
Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)