Mercer Ireland Group

Lobbying Organisation Mercer Ireland Group

Date published 09 Sep, 2020

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Social Protection

Period 1 May, 2020 to 31 Aug, 2020

Specific Details Recommendations for the Governement to consider as part of any discussion on private pension reform including 1) preserving the current incentives for private pensions savings 2) Implementing the IORP II Directive iii)Simplifying the path to consolidation (standalone pension schemes to authorised mastertrusts

Intended results Consideration of our proposals under each of the areas outlined above in any policy or legislative discussions on private pension reform.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity John Mercer- Chief Exective Officer Mercer Ireland Limited.

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)

A follow up email was issuedto thank Minister Humphries for her response to the letter which is the subject of this submission & inviting her to speak at a webinar.

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.

Heather Humphreys Minister (Department of Social Protection)