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Politician · TD · 34th Dáil

Paschal Donohoe

Fine Gael

Constituency / panel
Dublin Central
Membership
2024-11-29 → 2025-11-21
Office
Minister for Finance (2025-01-23 → 2025-11-18)

Lobbying returns

Returns filed on the Register of Lobbying, newest first, with the policy area and intended results as the lobbyist published them.

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Register of Lobbying2022-09-21

Lobbying return by Irish Hotels Federation

Tourism
Intended results

Continued investment and support for tourism marketing both domestically and overseas.::Seeking a commitment by Government to retain the 9% rate of tourism VAT until after 2025::Additional funding for hospitality recruitment and career awareness, and targeted resources for…

Register of Lobbying2022-09-21

Lobbying return by Restaurants Association of Ireland

Tourism
Intended results

Calling for an EU recruitment campaign to commence this September with Support from Department of Welfare Sector specific supports package needed for rising cost of inputs including energy and food Securing the 9% VAT rate for hospitality beyond 2023 to ensure that Ireland…

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Restaurants Association of Ireland" has no legal form. "RESTAURANTS ASSOCIATION OF IRELAND COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 56224) is the only CRO company with that name plus any legal form (Limited, DAC, UC, CLG, PLC or Teoranta). Confirm against the CRO record before relying on it.

Register of Lobbying2022-09-21

Lobbying return by Irish Tourist Industry Confederation

Tourism
Intended results

Support competitiveness and retention of the 9% VAT rate until full recovery is secured.::Maintain tourism investment to support marketing of Ireland, sustainability and digitisation, careers and skills, and business support.::Car hire supply to be increased by restoration of…

Register of Lobbying2022-09-09

Lobbying return by Association of Visitor Experiences and Attractions CLG

Tourism
Intended results

AVEA wishes to present five key asks for consideration for Budget 2023. These are: (1) Maintaining tourism budgets for Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland (2) Maintaining the 9% VAT rate (3) Strategically supporting tourism careers through investment (4) Support for sustainable…

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Association of Visitor Experiences and Attractions CLG" equals CRO name "ASSOCIATION OF VISITOR EXPERIENCES AND ATTRACTIONS COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 598606) after normalising legal forms such as Ltd = Limited. No other CRO company has this name. Names can be shared, so compare the address and dates on the CRO record.

Register of Lobbying2022-05-21

Lobbying return by Irish Hotels Federation

Tourism
Intended results

Seeking an extension of the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS)::Seeking a commitment by Government to retain the 9% rate of tourism VAT until after 2025::Seeking a revision and extension of the Covid Restrictions Support Scheme (CRSS)::Seeking an easing of Covid-related…

Register of Lobbying2022-05-19

Lobbying return by Irish Tourist Industry Confederation

Tourism
Intended results

Vital that all businesses within the tourism industry benefit from the extension of EWSS terms, not just those who were directly impacted by the public health restrictions introduced in December (ie the 8pm curfew on pubs and restaurants), eg, airlines, ferry carriers, tour…

Register of Lobbying2022-05-04

Lobbying return by Restaurants Association of Ireland

Tourism
Intended results

Need to include hospitality businesses, food and drink businesses in 2022 Tourism Business Continuity Funding as announced at Budget 2022 and administered by Failte Ireland

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Restaurants Association of Ireland" has no legal form. "RESTAURANTS ASSOCIATION OF IRELAND COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 56224) is the only CRO company with that name plus any legal form (Limited, DAC, UC, CLG, PLC or Teoranta). Confirm against the CRO record before relying on it.

Register of Lobbying2022-05-04

Lobbying return by Restaurants Association of Ireland

Tourism
Intended results

Daytime hospitality to be included in extension of EWSS due to impact on trading restrictions since Q4 2021 and public health advice to work from home

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Restaurants Association of Ireland" has no legal form. "RESTAURANTS ASSOCIATION OF IRELAND COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 56224) is the only CRO company with that name plus any legal form (Limited, DAC, UC, CLG, PLC or Teoranta). Confirm against the CRO record before relying on it.

Register of Lobbying2022-04-29

Lobbying return by ITOA - Inbound Tourism Operators Association Ireland

Tourism
Intended results

To appraise the Minister of the impact that COVID restrictions has had on all businesses in inbound tourism over the last 2 years irrespective of restricted trading hours and that many businesses were completed closed for far longer during COVID vs. those in sectors that had…

Register of Lobbying2022-01-25

Lobbying return by Association of Visitor Experiences and Attractions CLG

Tourism
Intended results

Clarification that this measure is being extended to our sector given the massive impact restrictions have had on our sector's ability to trade at anywhere near normal capacity since March 2020.

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Association of Visitor Experiences and Attractions CLG" equals CRO name "ASSOCIATION OF VISITOR EXPERIENCES AND ATTRACTIONS COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 598606) after normalising legal forms such as Ltd = Limited. No other CRO company has this name. Names can be shared, so compare the address and dates on the CRO record.

Register of Lobbying2022-01-21

Lobbying return by Irish Hotels Federation

Tourism
Intended results

Seeking an extension of the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS)::Seeking an extension to the waiver on Local Authority rates::Seeking a commitment by Government to retain the 9% rate of tourism VAT until after 2025::Seeking additional banking and liquidity measures to assist…

Register of Lobbying2022-01-19

Lobbying return by Irish Tourist Industry Confederation

Tourism
Intended results

Continue EWSS for tourism and hospitality enterprises until June 2022.::Double investment in tourism budgets.::Retain Vat at 9% with no review until 2025.::Staff retention and recruitment incentive.::Restore connectivity and put in place a generous aviation package that will…

Register of Lobbying2022-01-19

Lobbying return by Irish Tourist Industry Confederation

Tourism
Intended results

To extend the sunset clause of August 31st 2022 on the 9% Vat rate to December 31st 2022.::Although our campaign in our pre-budget submission for the 9% rate to be in place until 2025, having a 9% rate for the full financial year would act as an important measure helping tourism…