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Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 3)
2025-11-13
Politician(s) lobbied: Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance; Deborah Sweeney (Special Adviser), Department of Finance
Intent: Request to consider our budget submission in relation to excise on tobacco products in Budget 2026.
Methods: Submission
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Budget Submission |
2024-09-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Finance
Intent: To inform the Minister for Finance that excise policy needs to take account of the fact that 34% of cigarettes (Revenue sources) are smoked in Ireland but not bought in Ireland.::To inform the Minister for Finance that vape excise should be introduced and tax stamps should be applied which would aid enforcement.
Methods: Submission
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Budget Submission |
2024-01-18
Politician(s) lobbied: Pearse Doherty (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To inform the Deputy on vape market data.::To share our views that the application of excise on vape is essential for the orderly management of the market.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | To seek a meeting to share our views on applying excise to vape products in Ireland. |
2024-01-18
Politician(s) lobbied: Stephen Donnelly (Minister), Department of Health
Intent: That the Authorities (HSE) would enforce the 2016 Regs and remove non-compliant vapes from the market.:: That the Health Minister amend the vape notification process by giving the HSE the right of refusal for any vape with a brand or flavour name that is deemed attractive to children.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | To advise the Minister that he made an incorrect statement in the Seanad and to query as to why so many non-compliant vapes are for sale in Ireland when they clearly breach S.I. 271 Regulations of 2016. |
2024-01-18
Politician(s) lobbied: Ossian Smyth (Minister of State), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications
Intent: Minister is informed of current data on vape market in Ireland.:: Share our views on ways to inform consumers about correct disposal.
Methods: Letter, Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | To share our views on best ways to decrease vape litter. |
2023-09-12
Politician(s) lobbied: Kevin Barrett (Special Adviser), Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; Michael McGrath (Minister), Department of Finance
Intent: Excise and Irish fiscal tax stamps are applied to vape in Ireland; The excise regime on cigarettes to be adjusted.
Methods: Submission
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | A proposal was made for Ireland to introduce excise on vape products at a national level as the EU Excise Directive has been long delayed and will be delayed further. Further proposals were made to adjust the excise regime on cigarettes in Ireland. |
2021-09-09
Politician(s) lobbied: Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance; Michael McGrath (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; Kevin Barrett (Special Adviser), Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Intent: Policy makers are aware of dynamics in the duty paid & non-duty paid tobacco market so that informed budgetary decisions can be reached.
Methods: Submission
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Budget 2022 |
2020-09-16
Politician(s) lobbied: Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance
Intent: Policy makers are aware of dynamics in the duty paid & non-duty paid tobacco market so that informed budgetary decisions can be reached.
Methods: Submission
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Budget 2021 |
2019-09-05
Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown
Intent: Address the confusion that exists between smoking a tobacco product to obtain nicotine and vaping liquid from a USB charged device to obtain nicotine. Inform legislators that many international public health agencies have accepted that vaping is 95% safer than smoking.
Methods: Unknown
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | As the HSE has accepted that a tobacco free Ireland by 2025 will not be met until 2052 |
| — | the state should explore if vaping can play a significant role in providing a less harmful alternative to smoking for those who find it difficult to quit but want to do so. |
2019-09-05
Politician(s) lobbied: Colm Brophy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Maria Bailey (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joan Burton (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Richard Boyd Barrett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Tommy Broughan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Barry Cowen (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Lisa Chambers (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pearse Doherty (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Lahart (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Declan Breathnach (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eamon Ryan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jonathan O'Brien (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Heydon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Deasy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paddy Burke (Senator), Seanad; Peter Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John McGuinness (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gerry Horkan (Senator), Seanad; Rose Conway-Walsh (Senator), Seanad; Kieran O'Donnell (Senator), Seanad; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance
Intent: Moderation in excise increases to mitigate against the large volumes of tobacco and cigarettes smoked in Ireland but not bought in an Irish retail outlet.
Methods: Submission
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Budget 2020 should take account of the 2018 Revenue Cigarette Consumption Survey and take steps to address the 22% of the market that is lost to illicit trade and tobacco tourism. |