Google Ireland Limited

Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Helen McEntee (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jean Carberry (Assistant Secretary), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Cáit Moran (Deputy Permanent Representative of Ireland to the European Union), Department of Foreign Affairs; Declan Hughes (Secretary General), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Maeve von Heynitz (Director General), Department of Foreign Affairs

Intent: To encourage Ireland to support the EU digital simplification package in the context of its presidency of the EU Council

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Michael McNamara (MEP), European Parliament; Jean Carberry (Assistant Secretary), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Patrick Neary (Assistant Secretary General), Department of Climate Action, Communication Networks and Transport; Barry Andrews (MEP), European Parliament; Regina Doherty (MEP), European Parliament; Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (MEP), European Parliament; Declan Hughes (Secretary General), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Maeve von Heynitz (Director General), Department of Foreign Affairs

Intent: To share Google’s perspective on the need for regulatory simplification in the context of the EU’s proposed AI Omnibus Regulation.

Methods: EmailMeeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Kieran McQuinn (Special Advisor to the Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Cáit Moran (Deputy Permanent Representative of Ireland to the European Union), Department of Foreign Affairs

Intent: To share Google’s views on the proposed EU Digital Fairness Act

Methods: EmailMeeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Helen McEntee (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Geoghegan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Micheál Carrigy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kiera Keogh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aingeal O'Donoghue (Permanent Representative of Ireland to the European Union), Department of Foreign Affairs

Intent: To update on Google’s efforts to protect children online

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Cáit Moran (Deputy Permanent Representative of Ireland to the European Union), Department of Foreign Affairs; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (MEP), European Parliament; Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; John Newham (Assistant Secretary), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; John Shaw (Assistant Secretary), Department of the Taoiseach; Jean Carberry (Assistant Secretary), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Intent: To support the European Union’s competitiveness and simplification agenda as it relates to digital regulation.

Methods: MeetingPhone call

Politician(s) lobbied: Patrick O’Donovan (Minister), Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media; Marianne Cassidy (Assistant Secretary), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Barry Lowry (Chief Information Officer), Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; Tríona Quill (Assistant Secretary), Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media

Intent: To provide a briefing on Google’s technical measures for age assurance.

Methods: Event / ReceptionMeeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Jean Carberry (Assistant Secretary), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; John Shaw (Assistant Secretary), Department of the Taoiseach; Malcolm Byrne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Patrick Neary (Assistant Secretary), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications

Intent: To raise the importance of regulatory alignment, simplification and competitiveness at national and EU levels.

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Cáit Moran (Deputy Permanent Representative of Ireland to the European Union), Department of Foreign Affairs; Nina Carberry (MEP), European Parliament; Regina Doherty (MEP), European Parliament

Intent: To share Google’s perspectives on EU digital legislation, including in the areas of online safety and digital fairness.

Methods: EmailMeeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Declan Hughes (Secretary General), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; James Geoghegan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Shane Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jean Carberry (Assistant Secretary), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Maeve von Heynitz (Director General), Department of Foreign Affairs; Malcolm Byrne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Niamh Smyth (Minister of State), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Intent: To share Google’s perspectives on the responsible use and regulation of artificial intelligence technologies at a national and EU level.

Methods: EmailMeeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Jean Carberry (Assistant Secretary), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance; Declan Hughes (Secretary General), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Intent: To share Google's perspectives on the development of codes of practice under the EU AI Act

Methods: Event / ReceptionMeeting