Christian Aid Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Christian Aid Ireland

Date published 21 May, 2018

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Finance

Period 1 Jan, 2018 to 30 Apr, 2018

Specific Details Discuss the impact of Ireland’s tax code on developing countries

Intended results To gain support of the recommendations in Christian Aid's report 'Not Without Cost' which re-examined Ireland's 2015 spillover analysis

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Sorley McCaughey

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)

Met with the Minister and his advisors to discuss the recommendations made in our report released in November 2015 entitled 'Not without Cost' which re-examined Ireland's 2015 spillover analysis,

Letter (1)

Follow up letter from the meeting, which highlighted our recommendtaions and thanked the Minister for the meeting.

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)

Stephen Lynam Special Adviser (Department of Finance)

John Hogan Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)