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Charity Retail Ireland

May–August

[Trade] Pre-budget submission on behalf of charity retailers

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Alan Dillon', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Jenny McCormack', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

Charity Retail Ireland

September–December

[Taxation] Seeking to brief TD on benefits of derogation of VAT on goods donated to charity

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Erin McGreehan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Charity Retail Ireland

September–December

[Finance] VAT derogation on goods donated to charity

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Ollie Crowe', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': "Christopher O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Richard Bruton', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Garret Ahearn', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': "Darren O'Rourke", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Louise O'Reilly", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 9 more

Charity Retail Ireland

September–December

[Finance] VAT derogation on goods donated to charity

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Martin Heydon', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "John Paul O'Shea", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'John Cummins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 22 more

Charity Retail Ireland

September–December

[Finance] Temporary Business Energy Support Scheme

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Joe O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Rural and Community Development)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}

Charity Retail Ireland

January–April

[Trade] To ask for charity retail to be included in the CRSS scheme. To ask for a Restart grant or similar for reopening post lockdown

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

Charity Retail Ireland

January–April

[Trade] To ask that charity retail be designated to provide essential goods during level 5 restrictions. For charity retail to be allowed to reopen as soon as it is safe to do so.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'}

Charity Retail Ireland

May–August

[Economic Development and Industry] To extend the Restart Grant to include charity shops as they pay business rates

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'David Hegarty', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)'}

Charity Retail Ireland

September–December

[Trade] To support Retail Excellence in their representations to keep charity retail open during restrictions

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Charity Retail Ireland

September–December

[Trade] To highlight the view of SAGE that the closure of non-essential retail is viewed as having a low impact on COVID transmission,

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Tony Holohan', 'role': 'Chief Medical Officer (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}

Charity Retail Ireland

September–December

[Trade] To ask for charity retail to be included in the CRSS scheme.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}

Charity Retail Ireland

January–April

[Finance] Rates for Charity Shops

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John O’Sullivan', 'role': 'Commissioner of Valuation and Chief Boundary Surveyor (The Valuation Office)'}

Lobbying Tracker

Most Lobbied TDs