Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association

Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (Minister), Department of Finance; Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Martin Heydon (Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Niamh Smyth (Minister of State), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; John Cummins (Minister of State), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Sinead McPhilips (Secretary General), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Intent: To set out ICMSA concerns on current trade issues facing the agriculture sector.

Methods: EmailMeeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Martin Heydon (Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Sinead McPhilips (Secretary General), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Maria Dunne (Assistant Secretary General), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Brian Purcell (Special Advisor), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Barry Cassidy (Special Adviser), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Jim O’Toole (Chief Executive Officer), Bord Bia; Prof. Frank O’Mara (Director), Teagasc

Intent: To set out ICMSA concerns on the key issues facing our members in February 2026.

Methods: EmailMeetingPhone call

Politician(s) lobbied: Martin Heydon (Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Michael Healy-Rae (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Sinead McPhillips (Secretary General), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Maria Dunne (Assistant Secretary General), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Brian Purcell (Special Advisor), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Barry Cassidy (Special Adviser), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Noel Grealish (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Bill Callanan (Chief Inspector), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Intent: To seek support for the farm sector in relation to the increase cost of fuel arising from the Iran war

Methods: EmailMeetingPhone call

Politician(s) lobbied: William Aird (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: To seek support for income volatility measures for farmers.

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Barry Cowen (MEP), European Parliament

Intent: Seeking support for the introduction of an EU Wide Milk Voluntary Reduction Scheme.

Methods: Virtual Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Christopher O’Sullivan (Minister of State), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Intent: In relation to difficulties of individual farmer.

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Christopher O’Sullivan (Minister of State), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Intent: To set out ICMSA's position in relation to the Nature Restoration Act and designated lands.

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Aindrias Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Fitzmaurice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paraic Brady (Senator), Seanad; Paul Daly (Senator), Seanad; William Aird (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe Cooney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Danny Healy-Rae (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Natasha Newsome Drennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joanne Collins (Senator), Seanad

Intent: To consider the Committee debate in relation to the position of the Bord Bia Chair.

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Elizabeth Canavan (Assistant Secretary), Department of the Taoiseach

Intent: To contribute to the relevant agenda items.

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Jim O’Toole (Chief Executive Officer), Bord Bia

Intent: To set out farmer concerns in relation to beef imports and the need to simplify the quality assurance process.

Methods: MeetingPhone call