Irish League of Credit Unions

Lobbying Organisation Irish League of Credit Unions

Date published 13 Jun, 2025

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Agriculture

Period 1 May, 2025 to 31 Aug, 2025

Specific Details To highlight credit unions participation in Cultivate, give an update on the success of the Cultivate initiative,, highlight potential changes to key regulations impacting credit unions, and to update on progress in the sector.

Intended results To update Minister Heydon on the success of the Cultivate initiative, highlight potential changes to key regulations impacting credit unions, and to update on progress in the sector.

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)

emails to arrange a meeting

Meeting (1)

Meeting with Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon TD on 28th of May with Brendan Jenkins, David Malone, Barry Harrington (all Irish League of Credit Unions) and Joe Healy and Therese Conway (Cultivate - Collaborative Finance Ireland)

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.

Martin Heydon Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)