Grant Thornton

Lobbying Organisation Grant Thornton

Date published 16 Sep, 2025

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Taxation

Period 1 May, 2025 to 31 Aug, 2025

Specific Details Department of Finance (including Minister of Finance) pre-Budget 2026 and Finance Bill meeting with CCABI representatives.

Intended results To help ensure Ireland remains a competitive jurisdiction from a tax perspective.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Sarah Meredith (Partner, Grant Thornton) - as representative of CCAB

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.

Meeting (1)

27th August 2025 meeting in Dept of Finance building. Attended by Paschal Donohoe, (Minister for Finance) and Clare Costello (Dept of Finance). Crona Clohisey, Gearoid O'Sullivan, Enda Faughnan and Sarah Meredith the CCABI representatives. Discussion was around potential tax measures for Budget 2026, including participation exemption, simplification of the tax code and global mobility / employee related measures.

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.

Paschal Donohoe Minister (Department of Finance)

Clare Costello Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)