Relevant Matter
Legislation
Public Policy Area
Local Government
Period
1 May, 2019 to 31 Aug, 2019
Specific Details
Reforming Commercial Rates and the Local Government (Rates) Bill
Intended results
A centralised or shared model for commercial rates collection for efficiencies and better collection rates
Ensure that the Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government scrutinise the draft Regulations on rates alleviation schemes and invite submissions from the business community
Amendment to Section 14 of the Bill to include the requirement for a public consultation process that must be followed by a local authority before an alleviation scheme or schemes are approved
Monitor the operation and powers exercised by local authorities set out in this legislation, including publishing transparent statistics on the efficiency of collections.
A full review of local government finance, including examination of replacing the commercial and domestic property taxes with a site or land value tax
Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity
Aidan Sweeney, Ibec Policy and Public Affairs
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.
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.
Maria Bailey
TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)
Mick Barry
TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)
Pat Casey
TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)
Mattie McGrath
TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)
Darragh O'Brien
TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)
Fergus O'Dowd
TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)
Eoin Ó Broin
TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)
Victor Boyhan
Senator (Seanad)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
Senator (Seanad)
Grace O'Sullivan
Senator (Seanad)
Martin Conway
Senator (Seanad)