Maples and Calder LLP

Lobbying Organisation Maples and Calder LLP

Date published 19 May, 2023

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Finance

Period 1 Jan, 2023 to 30 Apr, 2023

Specific Details Department of Finance Pilot Business Tax Stakeholder Forum

Intended results Maples and Calder Partner, Andrew Quinn, attended the meeting as a delegate representative of the Law Society of Ireland as an opportunity to engage with the Department of Finance on several key topics of interest.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity N/A

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)

Venue: Whitaker Room, Department of Finance, Merrion Street 29/03/2023 Department of Finance representatives were Gary Hynds, Deirdre Donaghy and Eddie Tierney (none of which are available to select as DPO's in section 5 of this form). Specific subjects: Developments on the OECD global tax agreement and EU Minimum Tax Directive, Recent EU Industrial Plan developments and changes to State Aid Regulation and the revised EU Foreign Subsidy Regulation, the DoF Corporation Tax work plan for 2023

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.

Emma Cunningham Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)