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Thursday, 28 May 2026

Department of Finance

Departmental Appointments

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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267. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of meetings since 2020 he and his officials had with a company (details supplied) in relation to EU Savings and Investments Union or a Savings and Investment Account, in tabular form. [40800/26]

Photo of Simon HarrisSimon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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As a key sector of the Irish economy, the Department and Ministers regularly engage with domestic and international firms who operate in the Irish financial services sector.

Ministers and senior officials are classified as Designated Public Officials. Any external persons meeting with Designated Public Officials are notified of their obligation to register their meetings to the Standards in Public Office Commission. These can be found at www.lobbying.ie.

From a review of meetings with the Company which the Deputy has queried where the Savings & Investment Union or the recently proposed Investment Account were part of the discussions, seventeen meetings have been identified. These are as follows:

Date Meeting
30/03/2023 Meeting between officials and BlackRock.
20/04/2023 Meeting between Minister of State Carroll MacNeill and BlackRock.
15/09/2023 Meeting between officials and BlackRock.
01/07/2024 Meeting between officials and BlackRock.
02/07/2024 Meeting between Minister of State Richmond and BlackRock.
13/09/2024 Meeting between officials and BlackRock.
02/04/2025 Meeting between officials and BlackRock.
03/04/2025 Meeting between Minister Donohoe and BlackRock.
10/04/2025 Meeting between officials and BlackRock.
21/07/2025 Meeting between Minister Donohoe and BlackRock.
18/09/2025 Meeting between officials and BlackRock.
26/09/2025 Meeting between officials and BlackRock.
02/10/2025 Meeting between Minister of State Robert Troy and BlackRock.
04/03/2026 Meeting between Minister of State Robert Troy and BlackRock.
22/04/2026 Meeting between officials and BlackRock.
23/04/2026 Meeting between officials and BlackRock.
26/05/2026 Meeting between Minister of State Troy and BlackRock.

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