Dublin Chamber of Commerce

Lobbying Organisation Dublin Chamber of Commerce

Date published 21 Sep, 2018

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Budgetary matters

Period 1 May, 2018 to 31 Aug, 2018

Specific Details Representations to Government officials in relation Dublin Chamber's final recommendations for Budget 2019.

Intended results To encourage Government to meet its fiscal commitments as outlined in the National Development Plan. To prioritise investment in the Greater Dublin Area with particular reference to MetroLink, the DART Expansion Programme, BusConnects, housing, and the Eastern Region Water Supply Project. To ensure stable delivery of infrastructure investments by allowing draw-down of funds from the 'Rainy Day Fund' in the event that growth slows below the level required to fund the National Development Plan. To ring-fence unexpected receipts for capital investment. To highlight the challenges facing Ireland's tax competitiveness in relation to the UK ahead of Brexit. To increase the lifetime cap on qualifying gains for Entrepreneur Relief from CGT to €15 million. To reduce the tax on income from share dividends to 30% for entrepreneurs. To introduce an Investor Relief to encourage investment in Irish SMEs. To grant SMEs a higher R&D tax credit rate of 30% and allow an upfront cash claim. To expand access to affordable childcare in Budget 2019 and examine the impact of the tax system on the decision by second earners to return to work. To extend the Special Assignee Relief Programme to overseas recruits for SMEs. To improve the Key Employee Engagement Programme. To prevent taxation of employer-funded professional subscription fees as Benefit-in-Kind.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Fergus Sharpe, Senior Public Affairs Executive

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.

Email (21-30)

Emails were sent to all Secretaries General (or acting Secretaries General) and to selected Assistant Secretaries of Government Departments.

Submission (1)

Dublin Chamber's pre-Budget submission for Budget 2019 was circulated to all Secretaries General (or acting Secretaries General) and to selected Assistant Secretaries of Government Departments. The submission may be read online here: https://www.scribd.com/document/386881929/Dublin-Chamber-Pre-Budget-Submission-2019

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.

Derek Moran Secretary General (Department of Finance)

John McCarthy Chief Economist (Department of Finance)

John Hogan Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)

Des Carville Head of Unit (Department of Finance)

Michael J. McGrath Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)

Nicholas O'Brien Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)

Niall O'Ceallaigh Human Resources / Corporate / Finance / I.C.T. (Department of Finance)

Paul Ryan Director (Department of Finance)

Gary Tobin Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)

Robert Watt Secretary General (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

David Moloney Assistant Secretary (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Patricia Coleman Director (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Lucy Fallon-Byrne Assistant Secretary (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Colin Menton Assistant Secretary (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

David Cagney Assistant Secretary (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Paul Quinn Government Chief Procurement Officer (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Tom O'Connell Chief Medical Officer (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Martin Fraser Secretary General (Department of the Taoiseach)

Orlaigh Quinn Secretary General (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)

David Hegarty Assistant Secretary (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)

Breda Power Assistant Secretary (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)

Philip Kelly Assistant Secretary (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)

Clare Dunne Assistant Secretary (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)

Dermot Mulligan Assistant Secretary (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)

Declan Hughes Assistant Secretary (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)

Oonagh Buckley Director General (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)

Kevin Foley Chairman (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)

Ian Drennan Director of Corporate Enforcement (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)

Fergal Lynch Secretary General (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)

Niall Burgess Secretary General (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Seán Ó Foghlú Secretary General (Department of Education and Skills)

Jim Breslin Secretary General (Department of Health)

Kevin Smyth Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Mark Griffin Secretary General (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)

Graham Doyle Secretary General (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)

Kevin McCarthy Secretary General (Department of Rural and Community Development)

John McKeon Secretary General (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)

John McCarthy Secretary General (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)

Katherine Licken Secretary General (Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht)