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Banking & Payments Federation Ireland

January–April

[Banking and Financial Institutions] Difficulties for asylum seekers and refugees in opening bank accounts

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Oonagh Buckley', 'role': 'Deputy Secretary General (Department of Justice)'} {'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'}

Banking & Payments Federation Ireland

January–April

[Banking and Financial Institutions] Industry roundtable between Minister for Finance and FIBI CEOs

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}

Banking & Payments Federation Ireland

January–April

[Banking and Financial Institutions] Discussion on creation of a Shared Fraud Database

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Ben Ryan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Justice)'}

Banking & Payments Federation Ireland

January–April

[Banking and Financial Institutions] Roundtable exchange on industry issues with interational banks

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Sean Fleming', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'}

GENERALI SEGUROS Y REASEGUROS S.A.

January–April

[Banking and Financial Institutions] Response to Minister's letter of 23 December 2019 in regard to the impact of the Action Plan for Insurance Reform and COVID-19 on insurers

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Sean Fleming', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'}

GENERALI SEGUROS Y REASEGUROS S.A.

January–April

[Banking and Financial Institutions] Response to the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach’s letter of 23 February on 'The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and reported increases in premiums as a result'

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John McGuinness', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

GENERALI SEGUROS Y REASEGUROS S.A.

January–April

[Banking and Financial Institutions] Meeting to insurance issues, including the impact of the new Personal Injuries Guidelines.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Sean Fleming', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'}

National Supervisors Forum (Credit Unions)

January–April

[Banking and Financial Institutions] Working with Department of Finance on Policy Review

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Des Carville', 'role': 'Head of Unit (Department of Finance)'}

Alliance for Insurance Reform

January–April

[Banking and Financial Institutions] Seeking policy decisions that will reduce the cost of insurance for our members and Irish society as a whole and keep them that way.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Bulk emails re the need for urgent insurance reform via the intended results at Section 2.'} {'name': 'Pearse Doherty', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Niall McNelis', 'role': 'Councillor (Galway City Council)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice)'} {'name': 'Sean Fleming', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'} + 37 more

The Wheel

January–April

[Banking and Financial Institutions] The Wheel as a member of the Alliance for Insurance Reform attended a high level meeting on the 24th of February with Minister Leo Varadkar, Minister Sean Fleming, Minister Robert Troy and Minister Damien English to discuss actions needed to bring down the cost of insurance and address the insurance crisis facing charities and community and voluntary organisations.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Sean Fleming', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Robert Troy', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Damien English', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

The Wheel

January–April

[Banking and Financial Institutions] The Wheel as a member of the Alliance for Insurance Reform attended a high level meeting on the 26th March with Minister Robert Troy to discuss actions needed to bring down the cost of insurance and address the insurance crisis facing charities and community and voluntary organisations.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Robert Troy', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

Revolut Payments Ireland Ltd

January–April

[Banking and Financial Institutions] Briefing on Revolut in Ireland, including: having more than 1m retail customers; low-cost payment services for consumers and businesses; enhancing youth financial literacy via Revolut Jr; innovations eg Open Banking, SEPA Instant, acquiring and P2P payments; competition in the market, especially given the departure of major financial institutions; Revolut's consumer spending data, and its value to policy-makers; Revolut's aim to achieve CBI authorisation and

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Sean Fleming', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Pearse Doherty', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ged Nash', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Peadar Tóibín', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Jim O'Callaghan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 1 more

RGDATA

January–April

[Banking and Financial Institutions] Introduction of the new Judicial Guidelines on Personal Injury payments and the impact on shop insurance premiums.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Robert Troy', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Sean Fleming', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'}

Pender & Associates Ltd

on behalf of Yes (client not named)

January–April

[Banking and Financial Institutions] Engagement regarding insurance reform

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Sean Fleming', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'}

Family Business Network Ireland Limited

January–April

[Banking and Financial Institutions] To ask the Minisrter to meet with FBN on Budget 2022

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}

Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association

January–April

[Banking and Financial Institutions] ICMSA outlining its concerns on the withdrawal of Ulster Bank from the Irish market.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''}

Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association

January–April

[Banking and Financial Institutions] ICMSA comments following KBC's announcement on its future in the Irish banking sector.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''}

RSA Insurance Ireland DAC

January–April

[Banking and Financial Institutions] Following a request for a meeting from Minister Sean Fleming to discuss the Government’s Action Plan for Insurance Reform, and the new Personal Injuries Guidelines, I wrote to Minister Fleming on 1 April outlining my support for the reform proposals and my views on other insurance matters. A meeting was subsequently held to provide the Minister and his officials with RSA’s views on the new Personal Injuries Guidelines and the proposals for new powers for PIAB

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Sean Fleming', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'} {'name': "Aidan O'Connor", 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Finance)'}

Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association

January–April

[Banking and Financial Institutions] ICMSA seminar on addressing debt issues.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': ''}

Citi

January–April

[Public Expenditure and Reform] Citi's ability to provide banking services for foreign missions. Email to DPO John Conlan following the exit of one of its suppliers of payment services to Embassies from a small number of overseas markets, outlining Citi's global footprint and ability to provide this service.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John Conlan', 'role': 'Chief Financial Officer (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

RSA Insurance Ireland DAC

January–April

[Banking and Financial Institutions] RSA responded to a letter from the Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Reform and Taoiseach on matters relating to Covid-19 and insurance.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John McGuinness', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Credit Union Development Association

January–April

[Banking and Financial Institutions] Covid-19 operational resilience and recover supports that credit unions could provide

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Sean Fleming', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'}

Credit Union Development Association

January–April

[Banking and Financial Institutions] Credit Guarantee Scheme announcement

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Charlie McConalogue', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)'} {'name': 'Sean Fleming', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'}

Credit Union Development Association

January–April

[Banking and Financial Institutions] Required changes to Credit Union related legislation and regulations to allow them share loans

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Sean Fleming', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'}

Credit Union Development Association

January–April

[Banking and Financial Institutions] Required changes to Credit Union related legislation and regulations to allow them share loans

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Malcolm Byrne', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Consumer Credit Association Republic of Ireland

May–August

[Banking and Financial Institutions] Consumer Credit Bill

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John McGuinness', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Neale Richmond', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Pat Casey', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Aidan Davitt', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Bernard Durkan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Alice-Mary Higgins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} + 4 more

Sustainability Matters CLG

May–August

[Banking and Financial Institutions] Ireland for Finance

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paul Ryan', 'role': 'Director (Department of Finance)'}

Financial Services Union

May–August

[Banking and Financial Institutions] Establishment of a Banking Forum

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'}

The Bank of New York Mellon

May–August

[Banking and Financial Institutions] The Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) proposal by the European Commission seeks to create a regime for crypto assets at the European level. BNY Mellon propose legislative action to come in at a national level.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Sean Fleming', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'}

Allianz plc

May–August

[Banking and Financial Institutions] Allianz plc provided further information as requested by Minster of State Sean Fleming at meeting undertaken in April. Return for meeting submitted with returns for 1 Jan 2021 - 30 Apr 2021 period.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Sean Fleming', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'}

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