American Chamber of Commerce Ireland

Lobbying Organisation American Chamber of Commerce Ireland

Date published 19 Sep, 2025

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Finance

Period 1 May, 2025 to 31 Aug, 2025

Specific Details AmCham Budget 2026 submission

Intended results To provide AmCham views and recommendations ahead of Budget 2026 To discuss AmCham Budget 2026 priorities with the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Services, Reform and Digitalisation

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Colm O'Callaghan

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.

Submission (1)

https://www.amcham.ie/media/yxzly54n/fv-2026-budget-submission.pdf

Meeting (1)

AmCham met with the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Services, Reform and Digitalisation to discuss AmCham's Budget 2026 submission and its recommendations

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)

Jack Chambers Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)

Peter Burke Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)

Brendan Gleeson Secretary General (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Kevin McCarthy Secretary General (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)

Oonagh Buckley Secretary General (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)

Jacqui McCrum Secretary General (Department of Defence)

Declan Hughes Secretary General (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)

Bernie McNally Secretary General (Department of Education)

John Hogan Secretary General (Department of Finance)

Joe Hackett Secretary General (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Colm O'Reardon Secretary General (Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science)

Robert Watt Secretary General (Department of Health)

Feargal Ó Coigligh Secretary General (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)

Graham Doyle Secretary General (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

Oonagh McPhillips Secretary General (Department of Justice)

David Moloney Secretary General (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)

Mary Hurley Secretary General (Department of Rural and Community Development)

John McKeon Secretary General (Department of Social Protection)

John Callinan Secretary General (Department of the Taoiseach)

Ken Spratt Secretary General (Department of Transport)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill Minister (Department of Health)

James Browne Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

Jim O'Callaghan Minister (Department of Justice)

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

Dara Calleary Minister (Department of Rural and Community Development)

Helen McEntee Minister (Department of Education)

Norma Foley Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)

Simon Harris Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Micheál Martin An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)

Darragh O'Brien Minister (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)

James Lawless Minister (Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science)

Mary Butler Government Chief Whip and Minister (Department of the Taoiseach)

Hildegarde Naughton Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)

Noel Grealish Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Sean Canney Minister of State (Department of Transport)

Thomas Byrne Minister of State (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Michael Moynihan Minister of State (Department of Education)

Charlie McConalogue Minister of State (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)

Kevin 'Boxer' Moran Minister of State (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)

Emer Higgins Minister of State (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)

Niamh Smyth Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)

Alan Dillon Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)

Michael Healy-Rae Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Neale Richmond Minister of State (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Jerry Buttimer Minister of State (Department of Rural and Community Development)

John Cummins Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

Kieran O'Donnell Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

Robert Troy Minister of State (Department of Finance)

Niall Collins Minister of State (Department of Justice)

Timmy Dooley Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Colm Brophy Minister of State (Department of Justice)

Marian Harkin Minister of State (Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor Minister of State (Department of Health)

Christopher O'Sullivan Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)