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Who lobbies whom about what. Search Ireland's lobbying register to see who is influencing your TDs, ministers, and public officials — and on whose behalf.

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Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland
January–April
[Taxation] Response to the public consultation on the tax treatment of interest in Ireland.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}
Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland
January–April
[Taxation] Frequency of enhanced reporting requirements for employers.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Brian Boyle', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}
Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland
January–April
[Taxation] Submission provided to the Department of Finance via the Business Tax Stakeholder Forum in relation to proposed enhancements to the Participation Exemption for Certain Foreign Dividends.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Sinead Ryan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)'}
Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland
January–April
[Taxation] Requested Revenue to design a relevant tax return for Investment Limited Partnerships (ILP) to complete and file.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Tom James', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}
Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland
January–April
[Taxation] Requested Revenue to clarify the meaning of “associated entities” in the context of partnerships and the Outbound Payment Defensive Measures. We raised a point in how the definition is discussed differently in other guidance materials.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Tom James', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}
Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland
January–April
[Taxation] Feedback provided on proposed changes to the Tax and Duty Manual on Mandatory Disclosure.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Tom James', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}
Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland
January–April
[Taxation] Requested Revenue to provide guidance on what is considered a clarification or a supplemental rule in updates to Pillar 2 OECD guidance.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jeanette Doonan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}
Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland
January–April
[Taxation] Requested Revenue confirm that a securitisation vehicle will not be secondarily liable for domestic top up tax.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jeanette Doonan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}
Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland
January–April
[Taxation] Requested Revenue to update guidance on the application of Minority Owned Constituent Entity provisions to orphan securitisation entities.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jeanette Doonan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}
Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland
January–April
[Taxation] Requested Revenue to provide details on the delays in obtaining withholding tax clearances and refunds for Irish Real Estate Funds (IREFs).
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Tom James', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}
Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland
January–April
[Taxation] Requested Revenue to delay the timing of the removal of the concession which allows filing of draft iXBRL accounts.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Brian Boyle', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}
Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland
May–August
[Taxation] Contributed to the discussion on improvements and enhancements to the research and development (R&D) tax credit regime.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}
Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland
May–August
[Taxation] Requested Revenue to design a relevant tax return for Investment Limited Partnerships (ILPs) to complete and file.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Tom James', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}
Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland
May–August
[Taxation] Requested Revenue to clarify the meaning of “associated entities” in the context of partnerships and the Outbound Payment Defensive Measures. We raised a point in how the definition is discussed differently in other guidance materials.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Tom James', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}
Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland
May–August
[Taxation] Requested Revenue to provide guidance on what is considered a clarification or a supplemental rule in updates to Pillar 2 OECD guidance.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jeanette Doonan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}
Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland
May–August
[Taxation] Requested Revenue confirm that a securitisation vehicle will not be secondarily liable for domestic top up tax.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jeanette Doonan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}
Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland
May–August
[Taxation] Requested Revenue to update guidance on the application of Minority Owned Constituent Entity provisions to orphan securitisation entities.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jeanette Doonan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}
Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland
May–August
[Taxation] Requested Department of Finance to amend the legislation to expand the territorial scope of the dividend participation regime and to remove/reduce the 5-year look back rule.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Sinead Ryan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)'}
Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland
May–August
[Taxation] Requested Revenue not to remove wording relating to day-to-day tax advice in the guidance on the mandatory disclosure regime. The removal may create unnecessary uncertainty potentially expanding the scope of the rules and the reporting requirements beyond what was originally envisaged.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Tom James', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}
Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland
May–August
[Taxation] Taxpayers are generally allowed 30 days from the date a notice of assessment is issued to make an appeal. However, when assessments are raised during certain periods, such as the December holiday period, there are less effective working days available to the taxpayer.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Tom James', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}
Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland
May–August
[Taxation] Requested Revenue to provide details on the delays in obtaining withholding tax clearances and refunds for Irish Real Estate Funds.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Tom James', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}
Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland
May–August
[Taxation] Seeking guidance from Revenue on the treatment of grants in an research and development (R&D) tax credit claim does not properly address instances where there is uncertainty as to when the grant is actually received. In many cases grants may be received after a project is completed, whereas the R&D claim can be made while a project is ongoing.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Tom James', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}
Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland
May–August
[Taxation] Requesting that guidance on the Key Employee Engagement Programme (KEEP) scheme to be updated to confirm that relevant limits apply only at the time of option grant.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Tom James', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}
Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland
May–August
[Taxation] Meeting with the Minister for Finance to discuss CCAB-I's Pre-Budget 2026 submission.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}
Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland
May–August
[Taxation] Meeting to discuss 2026 CCAB-I Pre Budget Submission.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Caroline Timmons', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}
Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland
May–August
[Taxation] Meeting to discuss 2026 CCAB-I Pre-Budget Submission.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Shay Brennan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}
Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland
May–August
[Taxation] Meeting to discuss the CCAB-I's Pre Budget 2026 Submission.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Peter Burke', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}
Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland
September–December
[Taxation] Requested Revenue to provide an update on the delays in obtaining withholding tax clearances and refunds for Irish Real Estate Funds. No progress seen despite commitment from Revenue at a previous meeting.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Tom James', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}
Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland
September–December
[Taxation] Requested Revenue to provide guidance on the treatment of loss-making branches and the double deduction rules in the context of non-trapped loss situations.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jeanette Doonan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}
Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland
September–December
[Taxation] We raised our concerns regarding the application of withholding tax and exclusion of entities from the participation exemption for certain foreign distributions where a partial or nominal refund of tax applied as announced in Finance Bill 2025.
Public Officials Lobbied
{'name': 'Jeanette Doonan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}
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