Irish League of Credit Unions

Lobbying Organisation Irish League of Credit Unions

Date published 20 Jan, 2025

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Banking and Financial Institutions

Period 1 Sep, 2024 to 31 Dec, 2024

Specific Details Lending limits Consultation paper issued by the Central Bank of Ireland

Intended results To highlight the ILCU's support for the majority of the contents in the Consultation Paper issued by the Central Bank on lending limits

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Barry Harrington

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)

Barry Harrington (Former DPO) Adviser to Minister of State (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.

Email (2-5)

Letter of thanks to the three previous Ministers of State with responsibility for credit union matters as a consultation paper on lending limits was published by the Central Bank which largely aligns to credit unions asks

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.

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill Minister of State (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Sean Fleming Minister of State (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Neale Richmond Minister of State (Department of Finance)