HealthTech Ireland Association

Politician(s) lobbied: Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Intent: To host events during the period Ireland holds the EU Presidency.

Methods: Email

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

Intent: Passive attendance for educational purposes

Methods: Informal communication

Politician(s) lobbied: John Newham (Assistant Secretary), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Intent: Invited to attend and attended assistant sec. gen meeting with for Government steering Group with DETEo DoHo Dept. of Taoiseacho Dept. of Foreign Affairso Dept. of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Scienceo Dept. of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisationo Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: John Newham (Assistant Secretary), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Intent: Invited to attend and attended assistant sec. gen meeting with for Government steering Group with Department of Enterprise, Toursim and Employment in February

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Robert Watt (Secretary General), Department of Health

Intent: Invited to attend and attended assistant sec. gen meeting with for Government steering Group with Department of Health in February

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Hildegarde Naughton (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Identify ways to support Minister for Education and Youth, Hildegarde Naughton, in advancing Ireland’s health and innovation agenda. Points included Life Sciences Strategy, 2027 WHO Health and Care Workforce Optimization and Digital and Assistive Technology Expo and strenghtening STEM Pathways.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Jack Chambers (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; James Lawless (Minister), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science; Hildegarde Naughton (Minister), Department of Education; Helen McEntee (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: A meeting to discuss how this aligns with Minister's priorities for the health service and the wider health innovation agenda.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (MEP), European Parliament; Barry Andrews (MEP), European Parliament; Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Intent: Support in raising the importance for the EU to refrain from adopting tariffs or other commercial policy measures on imports of medical technologies from the United States, for the benefit of patients, health systems and the medtech sector in Ireland

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Helen McEntee (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; James Lawless (Minister), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

Intent: To call on the government to give the HSE a flexible procurement model allowing either OpEx or CapEx, depending on the need, to maximise value and sustainability, and to establish a dedicated Life Science Council to lead and coordinate a unified National Life Science Strategy that drives innovation, improves patient outcomes, and strengthens Ireland’s global position.

Methods: EmailLetter

Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown

Intent: Unknown

Methods: Unknown