Grant Thornton

Lobbying Organisation Grant Thornton

Date published 18 Sep, 2024

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Economic Development and Industry

Period 1 May, 2024 to 31 Aug, 2024

Specific Details Meeting with officials of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (DETE) in respect of clarifications in relation to the transposition of EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) into Irish law.

Intended results To obtain clarifications re: transposition of CSRD into Irish law.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Louise Kelly (Partner, Audit) & Janice Daly (Partner, Advisory - Consulting) & Martin Shanahan (Partner, Head of Industry)

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.

Virtual Meeting (1)

2/8/2024 virtual meeting with DETE officials. CSRD transposition clarifications sought included scope of ineligible entities definition, applicability of subsidiary exemption, and transitional provisions. Grant Thornton attendees included partners noted in this return plus Joane Dickonson (Head of Sustainability Technical, Director Corporate Audit). DETE attendees included Assistant Secretary noted in this return plus Conor Verdon (Principal Officer) and Orla O'Brien (Assistant Principal).

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.

Colm Forde Assistant Secretary (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)