The Institute of Directors Ireland

Lobbying Organisation The Institute of Directors Ireland

Date published 10 Jan, 2017

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Taxation

Period 1 Sep, 2016 to 31 Dec, 2016

Specific Details Review of the non-resident Non-Executive Director (NED) tax treatment in Budget 2016 and the Finance Act 2016

Intended results To secure a change in the tax treatment of Non-Executive Directors (NEDS) in respect of certain vouched expenses incurred in the normal course of their business.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Maura Quinn, Chief Executive, Institute of Directors in Ireland

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

Email All Oireachtas Members

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (2-5)

Letter issued to the Minister for Finance and all party finance spokespeople advising them of the IoD position and asking them to consider the issue in the forthcoming Budget 2016 debates and the subsequent Finance BIll 2016 debates in the Dáil and in the Seanad.

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 Noonan Minister (Department of Finance)

Michael McGrath TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paschal Donohoe Minister (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)

Micheál Martin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Joan Burton TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Gary Tobin Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor Minister (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)

Alan Cantwell Special Adviser (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)

Pearse Doherty TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Stephen Donnelly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)