Irish Tax Institute

Lobbying Organisation Irish Tax Institute

Date published 21 Jan, 2020

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Taxation

Period 1 Sep, 2019 to 31 Dec, 2019

Specific Details Submission to highlight practical impact of Finance Bill 2019 amendments to the Key Employee Engagement Programme (KEEP)

Intended results To raise awareness of how the proposed Finance Bill amendments to the KEEP scheme will operate in practice

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Cathy Herbert

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?) Yes

Current or Former Designated Public Official(s)

Cathy Herbert (Former DPO) Special Adviser (Department of Finance)

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)

Submission sent on 25 October 2019.

Phone call (1)

Follow up call on 25 October 2019.

Email (1)

Email on 5 November 2019.

Informal communication (1)

Text message sent on 7 November.

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)