Politician(s) lobbied: Geraldine Byrne Nason (Ambassador), Department of Foreign Affairs; Ethna Brogan (Assistant Secretary), Department of Transport; Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Conor Glynn (Special Advisor to the Tanaiste), Department of the Taoiseach; Maeve von Heynitz (Director General), Department of Foreign Affairs; Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Continued engagement and awareness of aircraft leasing industry matters.
Methods: MeetingVirtual Meeting
Details by Method
Meeting
11 March 2026 - Meeting (general industry discussion) between AerCap (Aengus Kelly) and Taoiseach Micheal Martin.
Meeting
13 January 2026 - Meeting between AerCap (Donal Handley, Risteard Sheridan) and DPO - Geraldine Byrne Nason.
Virtual Meeting
23 January 2026 - Virtual Meeting between AerCap (Donal Handley) and DPO - Ethna Brogan.
Meeting
5 March 2026 - Meeting between AerCap (Donal Handley, Aoife MacMahon, Risteard Sheridan, Peter Juhas) and DPOs - Helen McEntee and Maeve von Heynitz.
Meeting
6 March 2026 - Meeting between AerCap (Aoife MacMahon, Yvonne Devereux, Donal Handley, Risteard Sheridan) and DPO - Conor Glynn.
Politician(s) lobbied: Aingeal O’Donoghue (Permanent Representative of Ireland to the European Union), Department of Foreign Affairs; Geraldine Byrne Nason (Ambassador), Department of Foreign Affairs; Maeve von Heynitz (Ambassador), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Continued engagement and awareness of aircraft leasing industry matters.
Methods: MeetingEmail
Details by Method
Meeting
11 November 2025 - Meeting between AerCap (Donal Handley, Risteard Sheridan) and DPO - Maeve von Heynitz.
Meeting
13 October 2025 - Meeting between AerCap (Derek Goad) and DPO - Geraldine Byrne Nason.
Email
18 December 2025 - Email correspondence between AerCap (Donal Handley) and DPO - Geraldine Byrne Nason.
Meeting
7 November 2025 - Meeting between AerCap (Donal Handley) and DPO - Aingeal O’Donoghue.
Politician(s) lobbied: Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Transport; Aingeal O’Donoghue (Permanent Representative of Ireland to the European Union), Department of Foreign Affairs; Helen Blake (Assistant Secretary), Department of the Taoiseach; Geraldine Byrne Nason (Ambassador), Department of Foreign Affairs; Maeve von Heynitz (Ambassador), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Collaboration on addressing the related tariffs/trade and commercial impacts faced by the aviation and aviation finance industry.
Methods: Phone callMeeting
Details by Method
Phone call
16 and 21 August 2025 - Calls between AerCap (Donal Handley) and DPO - Aingeal O’Donoghue.
Meeting
2 June 2025 - Meeting between AerCap (Donal Handley, Aoife MacMahon, Yvonne Devereux, Peter Juhas) and DPO - Ambassador Geraldine Byrne Nason.
Meeting
20 June 2025 and 16 July 2025 - Meetings between AerCap (Donal Handley, Risteard Sheridan) and DPO - Maeve von Heynitz.
Meeting
24 June 2025 - Meeting/general briefing on aircraft leasing and tariff/trade related between AerCap (Donal Handley, Risteard Sheridan, John Govan) and DPO - Darragh O’Brien.
Meeting
9 May 2025 - Meeting between AerCap (Donal Handley, Aoife MacMahon, Risteard Sheridan, Peter Juhas) and DPOs - Helen Blake and Maeve Von Heynitz.
Politician(s) lobbied: Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Transport; Aingeal O’Donoghue (Permanent Representative of Ireland to the European Union), Department of Foreign Affairs; Helen Blake (Assistant Secretary), Department of the Taoiseach; Colm Hayes (Director General), Department of Foreign Affairs; Maeve von Heynitz (Director General), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Collaboration on addressing the related tariffs/trade and commercial impacts faced by the global aviation industry.
Methods: Meeting
Details by Method
Meeting
11 March 2025 - Meeting/general briefing on aircraft leasing (not tariff related, in connection with the Saint Patrick's day trip to Miami) between AerCap (Bashir Hajjar and Derek Goad) and DPO - Darragh O’Brien.
Meeting
25 March 2025 - Meeting between AerCap (Donal Handley) and DPO - Ambassador Aingeal O’Donoghue.
Meeting
8 April 2025 - Meeting between AerCap (Donal Handley, Aoife MacMahon, Risteard Sheridan, Michael Walsh, Peter Juhas, Aengus Kelly), and DPOs - Helen Blake, Maeve von Heynitz, Colm Hayes.
Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown
Intent: Unknown
Methods: Unknown
Details by Method
Method not specified
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Politician(s) lobbied: Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Finance
Intent: Consideration by Finance Department of industry perspectives.
Methods: Meeting
Details by Method
Meeting
28 August 2024 - Meeting between AerCap (Aoife McMahon, Donal Handley, Risteard Sheridan, Peter Juhas, Aengus Kelly) and DPO - Jack Chambers (Minister for Finance).
Politician(s) lobbied: Geraldine Byrne Nason (Ambassador), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Collaboration on addressing the related operational and commercial impacts faced by the aviation and aviation finance.
Methods: Meeting
Details by Method
Meeting
11 June 2024 - Meeting between AerCap (Donal Handley, John Burke) and DPO - Geraldine Byrne Nason.
Politician(s) lobbied: Ethna Brogan (Acting Assistant Secretary), Department of Transport; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister of State), Department of Finance; Jack Chambers (Minister of State), Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Intent: Collaboration on addressing challenges faced by the aviation and aviation finance/insurance industries.
Methods: Meeting
Details by Method
Meeting
1 February 2024 - Meeting between AerCap (Head of Govt. Affairs - Donal Handley) and Aviation Working Group (Jeffrey Wool) and DPO - Ethna Brogan.
Meeting
20 March 2024 - Meeting between AerCap (Head of Govt. Affairs - Donal Handley) and DPO - Jack Chambers.
Meeting
29 January 2024 - Meeting between AerCap (Head of Govt. Affairs - Donal Handley) and DPO - Ethna Brogan.
Meeting
5 March 2024 - Meeting between AerCap (Head of Tax - Aoife MacMahon, Company Secretary - Risteard Sheridan, CFO - Peter Juhas and CEO - Aengus Kelly) with DPO - Jennifer Carroll MacNeill.
Politician(s) lobbied: Ethna Brogan (Acting Assistant Secretary), Department of Transport; Aingeal O’Donoghue (Assistant Secretary), Department of the Taoiseach
Intent: Collaboration on addressing the related operational and commercial impacts faced by the aviation and aviation finance/insurance industries.
Methods: Virtual MeetingMeeting
Details by Method
Virtual Meeting
1 September 2023 - Meeting between AerCap (Head of Govt Affairs - Donal Handley, Company Secretary - Risteard Sheridan) and DPO - Ethna Brogan.
Meeting
29 September 2023 and 17 October 2023 - Meetings between AerCap, (Head of Govt Affairs - Donal Handley) and DPOs - Ethna Brogan and Ambassador Aingeal O'Donoghue.
Politician(s) lobbied: Michael McGrath (Minister), Department of Finance; Kevin Barrett (Special Adviser), Department of Finance
Intent: Consideration by Finance department of industry perspectives on proposed changes
Methods: MeetingEvent / ReceptionEmail
Details by Method
Meeting
15 November 2023, Meeting between AerCap (CFO) and DPO - Michael McGrath.
Event / Reception
16 November 2023, Meeting at an IBEC dinner (introduction and a quick discussion) between AerCap (CFO) and DPO - Michael McGrath.
Email
17 November 2023, 21 November 2023, 22 December 2023 - Email exchange between AerCap (CFO) and DPOs - Michael McGrath and Kevin Barrett.
