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Thursday, 28 May 2026

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Pearse Doherty

Question:

267. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and 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]

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Tánaiste and Minister for Finance

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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