Irish Tax Institute

Lobbying Organisation Irish Tax Institute

Date published 20 Sep, 2016

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Taxation

Period 1 May, 2016 to 31 Aug, 2016

Specific Details Publication of Report "Impact of Removing the PAYE Tax Credit"

Intended results To highlight the impact that the removal of the PAYE credit would have on the marginal rates of certain taxpayers and to advocate that the credit should remain in place for all taxpayers.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Cora O'Brien

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)

This was a report prepared by the Institute which was publically available. It was circulated to the Finance spokesperson of the key parties

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.

Michael McGrath TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Pearse Doherty TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Stephen Donnelly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Noonan Minister (Department of Finance)

Eamon Ryan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)