ALLIANCE OF MEDICINES FOR IRELAND COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE

Politician(s) lobbied: Niall Redmond (Assistant Secretary), Department of Health; Pat Healy (National Director for Service and Schemes), Health Service Executive; John Kinnane (Assistant Secretary), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform

Intent: Engagement with relevant stakeholders in relation to negotiations for a new Framework Agreement on the Supply and Pricing of Medicines, noting the priorities of MFI members, and concluding an agreement that ensures the supply of affordable and accessible medicines for Irish patients.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Niall Redmond (Assistant Secretary), Department of Health; Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Intent: Share correspondence on behalf of Medicines for Ireland with relevant political representatives and stakeholders regarding the possibility of supply chain disruption due to fuel protests, ensuring that medicines can continue to be manufactured, transported, exported and supplied to patients.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Nina Carberry (MEP), European Parliament; Maria Walsh (MEP), European Parliament; Regina Doherty (MEP), European Parliament; Michael McNamara (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ciaran Mullooly (MEP), European Parliament; Billy Kelleher (MEP), European Parliament; Barry Andrews (MEP), European Parliament; Seán Kelly (MEP), European Parliament; Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (MEP), European Parliament; Barry Cowen (MEP), European Parliament

Intent: Outreach to Irish MEPs in relation to the proposed UWWTD and its EPR provision, specifically seeking support for a 'Stop the Clock Directive' to be approved by the European Parliament.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Niall Redmond (Assistant Secretary), Department of Health; Pat Healy (National Director for Service and Schemes), Health Service Executive; John Kinnane (Assistant Secretary), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform

Intent: Engagement with relevant stakeholders in relation to negotiations for a new Framework Agreement on the Supply and Pricing of Medicines, noting the priorities of MFI members, and the need to deliver an agreement that ensures the supply of affordable and accessible medicines for Irish patients.

Methods: EmailMeeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Billy Kelleher (MEP), European Parliament; Seán Kelly (MEP), European Parliament

Intent: Outreach to relevant stakeholders in relation to the proposed UWWTD, the impact for the generics, biosimilar and value-added medicines industry, and seeking a meeting regarding the same.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health

Intent: Share correspondence on behalf of Medicines for Europe with the Minister for Health, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, regarding the French non-paper on the UWWTD and proposed EPR implementation.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Billy Kelleher (MEP), European Parliament

Intent: Outreach to MEP Billy Kelleher in relation to the incentives part of the pharmaceutical legislation reform, in particular on (1) the Bolar exemption – a key Single Market strategy provision regulated in the pharma legislation that will deliver on equitable and timely access to medicines  – that must be clarified and harmonised; and (2) the modulation of regulatory protections.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Niall Redmond (Assistant Secretary), Department of Health; John Kinnane (Assistant Secretary), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Pat Healy (National Director for Service and Schemes), Health Service Executive

Intent: Engage with relevant stakeholders regarding a new Framework Agreement, highlighting the importance of the generic, biosimilar and off-patent medicines industry and the critical role it plays in delivering affordable and vital medicines for Irish patients.

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Seán Kelly (MEP), European Parliament; Billy Kelleher (MEP), European Parliament

Intent: Inform Sean Kelly MEP, Billy Kelleher MEP, and EU Commissioner McGrath of the implications of the EU's Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive ,the Commission's commitment to undertake a further impact assessment, present further data provided by Medicines for Europe, and seek a meeting regarding the same.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: James Browne (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Intent: Seek clarity from the Minister for Housing, James Browne TD, regarding key elements of the planned implementation of the EU's UWWTD, and note the impact the Directive will impose on the pharmaceutical sector.

Methods: Email