Marc Coleman

Lobbying Organisation Marc Coleman

Date published 21 Sep, 2022

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Budgetary matters

Period 1 May, 2022 to 31 Aug, 2022

Specific Details General thought leadership on use of public funds and economic isues

Intended results Greater awareness of the need to promote more efficient state spending and less burdensome taxation A shift of emphasis from funding more wasteful areas of public spending to more necessary areas such as, for instance, primary education provision Better representation of taxpayers in both the National Economic Dialogue and on the Commission for Taxation and Welfare

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Marc Coleman

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

Mass communications

Social Media All Oireachtas Members Tweets and LInkedin tagging the DPOs were sent making general public interest advocacy proposals to improve better targetting and greater efficiency in public expenditure and less onerous taxation.

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Informal communication (6-10)

Texts to a subset of DPOs listed below were sent making general public interest advocacy proposals to improve better targetting and greater efficiency in public expenditure and less onerous taxation.

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.

Simon Harris Minister (Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science)

Norma Foley Minister (Department of Education)

Michael McGrath Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Leo Varadkar An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paschal Donohoe Minister (Department of Finance)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Cormac Devlin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Catherine Martin Minister (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)

John McDonald Special Adviser (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)

Eamon Ryan Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)

Peadar Tóibín TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Pádraig O'Sullivan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)