Paschal Donohoe

Ensure public finances are appropriately invested into assets that are productive and strategic::The need for greater investment into higher education and that public fund should prioritise higher education

Build an accurate understanding of home sharing activity in Ireland::Provide background on Airbnb and how the platform operates

Build an accurate understanding of home sharing activity in Ireland and across Europe

To ensure the economic and social issues facing unemployed people were raised at NED. In particular to ensure that the NED's theme of ‘BUILDING A STRONG AND RESILIENT MIXED ECONOMY TOGETHER’ encompassed unemployed people's challenges and ambitions.

secure Help to Buy scheme, increase funding in RDI in construction, increase investment in apprenticehships

Ensure that Budget 2019 does not pose any additional costs on small business::Pause increases in the National Training Fund levy until State and student contributions have been secured::Oppose any further increases in the National Minimum Wage::Secure a review of the commercial…

Rebalance Government policy towards small, indigenous businesses::Secure Government's commitment to developing a national Small Business Strategy

Build an accurate understanding of home sharing activity in Ireland

Participation in the IDA Event at Davos hosted by An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, TD

Adoption of a comprehensive strategy for small business in Ireland::Whole-of-government commitment to implementation

Inform Government of Ibec's priorities on Ireland: a model of substance campaign::Find consensus on the definition of the 'New new economy' including a significant amount of intangible assets::Inform Government of the business narrative around Ireland's business model of…

Secure an increase in the percentage of GDP allocated to infrastructure investment to 4 percent.

The theme of our Annual Conference on 13 April was Engineering A Region: Infrastructure, Industry and Innovation. A number of Government Ministers were asked to attend to hear the views of 11 speakers - all experts in their fields on the conference subject matter and to also…

Obtain a form of grant aid to share with our membership to tackle vacant property both commercial and residential

Clarity sought regarding proposed new section 3A of Section 135 of the Finance Bill, in respect of the tax treatment of the sale of shares or securities, where paid directly or indirectly out of the assets of the selling company.::The Society submitted that the draft wording…