Overview
Lobbying Costs
700,000€ - 799,999€
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.75 Fte (6)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
5
High-level Commission meetings
7
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Irish Funds Industry Association CLG (Irish Funds)
EU Transparency Register
35890511033-58 First registered on 30 Jan 2009
Goals / Remit
Founded in 1991, the objective of the Irish Funds Industry Association CLG (Irish Funds) is to support and complement the development of the funds industry in Ireland.
The Association represents investment fund managers/promoters, custodian banks, administrators, transfer agents and professional advisory firms involved in the international fund services industry in Ireland.
Irish Funds supports and complements the development of the industry through:
• Active and thoughtful engagement on policy and regulatory developments domestically and at EU level and globally, backed by the analysis and input from our 37 working groups.
• Working with the authorities in Ireland to ensure that the environment and infrastructure are supportive of the growth of our industry
• Developing industry policy and guidance papers to ensure high standards
• Designing and supporting the delivery of industry specific training programmes and seminars.Main EU files targeted
Irish Funds follows and communicates those initiatives, policies and files which impact the establishment, operation and competitiveness of regulated cross-border investment funds and the activities of its members in supporting this important link in the creation of savings and the funding of the economy. The following are a sample of the topics/files being followed by the Association:
• Review of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive
• Money Market Fund Regulation
• Capital Markets Union
• Sustainable Finance and related proposals
• Cross-border distribution of investment funds
• MiFID II/MiFIR
• PRIIPs Regulation
• ETFs
• Mandatory Disclosure Regime (DAC6)
• Asset Segregation
• ATAD
• UCITS DirectiveAddress
Head Office
Ground FloorAshford House
Dublin Dublin 2
IRELANDEU Office
Avenue des Arts 44
Brussels 1040
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
6
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 50% 2 25% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
5 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 24 Dec 2024
Name Start date End Date Claire O'Flynn 16 Sep 2024 15 Sep 2025 Geraldine Brehony 16 Sep 2024 15 Sep 2025 Conor Kilroy 16 Sep 2024 15 Sep 2025 Lauren Anderson 16 Sep 2024 15 Sep 2025 Umar Ahmed 08 Sep 2024 07 Sep 2025 Mr Umar AHMED 09 Dec 2022 09 Dec 2023 Mr Umar AHMED 17 Dec 2021 09 Dec 2022 Mr Umar AHMED 18 Jun 2019 18 Jun 2020 Complementary Information
Calculated FTE was 3.14 across 6 individuals.
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
European Fund and Asset Management Association (http://www.efama.org/SitePages/Home.aspx)
International Investment Funds Association (http://www.iifa.ca/)Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
700,000€ - 799,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
700,000€ - 799,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
None declared
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
7 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 10 May 2023 Location Brussels Subject money markets funds Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Florian Denis (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Feb 2023 Location online Subject Consolidated tape, MiFIR Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Florian Denis (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Oct 2022 Location Online meeting Subject Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Katherine Power (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Sep 2022 Location Brussels Subject CMU DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - John Berrigan (Director-General)
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Date 15 Sep 2022 Location Dublin, Ireland Subject Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)
- Paul Moley (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 May 2021 Location Video Conferencing Subject pre-recorded address for Annual Global Funds Conference - Protection of retail investors, recovery, sustainable and digital finance Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)
- Deirdre O’Hea (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Feb 2021 Location Video Conferencing Subject Description of the Irish fund industry; Memorandum of Understanding with the UK; review of Alternative Investment Fund Manager Directive and European Long Term Investment Fund Regulation. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)