Walkers

Lobbying Organisation Walkers

Date published 20 Jan, 2025

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Economic Development and Industry

Period 1 Sep, 2024 to 31 Dec, 2024

Specific Details Requesting that, if the new powers (under Sections 203-207 of the Companies Act 2014 as amended by Sections 16-20 of the Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Act 2024) to prescribe forms of declaration for the purposes of each of Sections 203-207 are to be exercised, consideration could be given to prescribing those forms for use only in respect of declarations that are made after the date of the prescribing regulations.

Intended results We expect there will be further discussions/ engagement with the Registrar arising from the letter so consideration could be given to prescribing forms of declaration for use only in respect of declarations that are made after the date of the prescribing regulations.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Sinead Gormley

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 (1)

Requesting that, if the new powers (under Sections 203-207 of the Companies Act 2014 as amended by Sections 16-20 of the Companies Act 2024, to prescribe forms of declaration for the purposes of each of Sections 203-207 are to be exercised, consideration could be given to prescribing those forms for use only in respect of declarations that are made after the date of the prescribing regulations. The letter was jointly submitted on behalf of 10 law firms including Walkers Ireland LLP.

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.

Maureen O'Sullivan Registrar of Companies (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)