Irish Hotels Federation

Lobbying Organisation Irish Hotels Federation

Date published 21 May, 2022

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Jan, 2022 to 30 Apr, 2022

Specific Details Measures for insurance reform and personal injury claims to address excessive cost of insurance in Ireland

Intended results Rebalancing of Duty of Care requirements for business occupiers Reform of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board Measure to address excessive legal fees Provision of access to a central claims database Insure that the Judicial Guidelines on personal injuries are not derailed Measures to promote and attract increased competition with in the insurance market

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Tim Fenn (Chief Executive of the Irish Hotels Federation)

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.

Letter (6-10)

Letter requesting further reforms and intervention by the Government to address excessive costs of insurance for the hotels sector.

Email (1)

Email requesting further reforms and intervention by the Government to address excessive costs of insurance for the hotels sector.

Social Media (2-5)

Seeking insurance reform to address escalating cost of insurance

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.

Leo Varadkar An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paschal Donohoe Minister (Department of Finance)

Michael McGrath Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Roderic O'Gorman Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)

Sean Fleming Minister of State (Department of Finance)

Robert Troy Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)

Helen McEntee Minister (Department of Justice)