Relevant Matter
Public policy or programme
Public Policy Area
Banking and Financial Institutions
Period
1 Sep, 2024 to 31 Dec, 2024
Specific Details
To highlight the ongoing issue of fraud and advocate for specific policy interventions to help prevent fraud and protect consumers.
Intended results
To advocate for the inclusion in the EU Payment Services Regulation of a measure to ensure online advertising for financial products and services in the EU be reserved for financial service providers that are authorised by an EU competent authority, the introduction of a Shared Fraud Database in Ireland, an SMS scam filter, and a National Financial Crime Strategy.
Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity
Myles O’Grady, Group CEO
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)
Paul O'Brien (Former DPO)
Special Adviser (Department of the Taoiseach)
Damien Garvey (Former DPO)
Special Adviser (Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht)
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.
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.
Simon Harris
An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)
Micheál Martin
Tánaiste and Minister (Department of the Taoiseach)
Paschal Donohoe
Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)
Helen McEntee
Minister (Department of Justice)
Roderic O'Gorman
Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)
Mary Lou McDonald
TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)
Pearse Doherty
TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)
Ivana Bacik
TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)
Jack Chambers
Minister (Department of Finance)
Neale Richmond
Minister of State (Department of Finance)
Eamon Ryan
Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)
Holly Cairns
TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)