Mercer Ireland Group

Lobbying Organisation Mercer Ireland Group

Date published 06 May, 2020

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Finance

Period 1 Jan, 2020 to 30 Apr, 2020

Specific Details Letter to Minister of Finance on COVID 19 Emergency & Private Retirement Savings

Intended results We were requesting the Minister of Finance to consider three pratcival ideas for consideration in relation to the private retirement savings sector during Covid 19 which were to consider the issurance of new Irish CPI Linked bonds, partial access early access to individual retirement accounts & relax the restrictions around the drawdown of Approved Minimum Retirement Funds.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity John Mercer Chief Executive Officer

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.

Letter (1)

We were requesting the Minister of Finance to consider three practical ideas for consideration in relation to the private retirement savings sector during Covid 19 which were to consider the issurance of new Irish CPI Linked bonds, partial access early access to individual retirement accounts & relax the restrictions around the drawdown of Approved Minimum Retirement Funds.

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)