Paschal Donohoe

Lobbying the Irish government to include Oxfam proposals on tax in upcoming global process

To inform the Minister of the impact on Dublin City Centre of Dublin Port's decision to reduce the number of Cruise ships visiting Dublin.

We strongly urge the Government to make it known to all Government Departments and Public Authorities that they must implement both the letter of the law and the spirit of the Convention as well as following the Government’s own Guidelines, developed under the Open Government…

General business update

Update Ministers on developments in the Post Office Network

Support for the growth and development of philanthropy in Ireland via fiscal infrastructure supports and policies

Increased support for business dealing with uncertainty

Engineers Ireland was represented at a group meeting and launch of ‘Build‘, the first annual report on Ireland's construction sector performance and prospects. The report is the first in a series of outputs from the Construction Sector Group. Engineers Ireland is a stakeholder…

That the Minister for Agriculture would bring forward more detail in relation to his reported comments about EU aid in the event of a hard Brexit::To outline the urgency of the situation now and not being able to wait until the April EU Agriculture Council meeting to make the…

The primary purpose of the draft Statutory Instrument is to give effect to paragraph 1 of Article 31 of Directive 2015/849. The Society, as competent authority for monitoring solicitors' compliance, made the following submissions::A transitional period of 6 months from the date…

The Society participates in the Revenue Commissioner's Main TALC, Indirect Taxes Sub-Committee and the Direct/Capital Sub- Committee. The nature of the meetings are to update and receive clarification from the Revenue Commissioners on aspects of tax administration. As a DPO and…

Remove statutory charge on certain property to provide clear title for buying and mortgaging new homes by first time buyers.::It is the Society's submission that the statutory clawback outlined in the attached draft note should be removed from legislation because of the long…

Limit cost to consumer of getting a release of mortgage from IBRC in special liquidation.::IBRC are leving a charge of €2,000 +VAT for a letter of non-crystallization/vacate/discharge. Loans which were originally with INBS or Anglo Irish, were taken over by IBRC, who now claim…

A better understanding of Coca-Cola's investments in Ireland and the Company's overall business priorities and agenda.

To highlight this issue with the Minister