Irish League of Credit Unions

Lobbying Organisation Irish League of Credit Unions

Date published 21 May, 2025

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Banking and Financial Institutions

Period 1 Jan, 2025 to 30 Apr, 2025

Specific Details To discuss credit union issues and further regulations in relation to lending

Intended results To ascertain timelines for the forthcoming lending regulations for credit unions and to highlight key concerns impacting credit unions.

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.

Meeting (2-5)

Introduction meeting with new Director for Banking, Payments and Credit Unions on 17th of January; call with Elaine Byrne on 1st of April and a meeting on the margins of the ILCU policy conference took place on 25th of April in Belfast

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.

Domhnall Cullinan Director (Central Bank of Ireland)

Elaine Byrne Registrar of Credit Unions (Central Bank of Ireland)