Advocacy

Dublin Chamber is the voice of Dublin business we listen to our member companies. We hear their concerns and speak and lobby on their behalf, focusing on developing the Dublin region’s infrastructure and housing supply, promoting competitiveness, and improving local governance.

Our lobbying priorities include:

  • Complete the Eastern and Midlands Water Supply Project and the Greater Dublin Drainage Scheme by 2030.
  • Remove the Passenger Cap on Dublin Airport.
  • Prioritise funding for shovel-ready infrastructure projects such as DART+ South West and WestLUAS Finglas and BusConnects and deliver MetroLink.
  • Ensure that half of all new homes or 30,000 units are built in the Greater Dublin Area each year to meet pent-up and future demand. Zone more land for housing in Dublin’s commuter towns, served by public transport.
  • Support workforce development through targeted investment in priority skills, including AI, green skills and construction, to future-proof Ireland's workforce and strengthen long-term economic competitiveness.
  • Ensure ring-fenced funding is allocated to the Dublin City Taskforce to ensure the revitalisation and rejuvenation of Dublin City Centre.
  • Support indigenous enterprise and encourage domestic investment, including through cutting Capital Gains Tax (CGT) to 20% for unquoted actively trading SMEs.
  • Reduce the cost, administrative burden and regulatory complexity facing firms, particularly SMEs.

Our Lobbying Campaigns

 

Our Taskforces


Lobbying Tracker 

 

 

Dublin Chamber’s Lobbying Tracker provides an overview of the Chamber’s ongoing advocacy across our key policy areas. We have documented the background information, and our lobbying activities on a wide range of issues across housing and infrastructure, taxation, human resources and ESG. Updated regularly, our lobbying tracker aims to keep members informed on Dublin Chamber’s ongoing work to influence and shape policy in areas vital to the continued growth and success of Dublin’s business community.

 

Download our Lobbying, Legislation or Infrastructure Trackers for more information. 

 

Lobbying Tracker Legislation Tracker PDF Infrastructure Tracker

 


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