MSD

Politician(s) lobbied: Muiris O’Connor (Assistant Secretary), Department of Health; Gary Tobin (Assistant Secretary), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Intent: To request a meeting regarding Ireland’s EU Council Presidency.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Teresa Costello (Senator), Seanad; Martin Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter Roche (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: To discuss the development of the next National Cancer Strategy & future of cancer care in Ireland.

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Conor Glynn (Special Advisor to the Tanaiste), Department of the Taoiseach

Intent: To seek an update in relation to the Government's latest activities to advocate for the establishment of an EU Pharmaceutical task Force by the European Commission and to highlight the importance of the need for Ireland to advocate for its establishment.

Methods: Informal communication

Politician(s) lobbied: Cáit Moran (Deputy Permanent Representative of Ireland to the European Union), Department of Foreign Affairs

Intent: to support an understanding of the policy issues facing the Irish Presidency when delivering its competitiveness agenda with regards to the EU pharmaceutical sector, particularly where impactful files such as PFAS and the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (UWWTD) are intended to have significant impacts on pharmaceutical manufacturing operations in the EU.

Methods: Informal communication

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

Intent: Discussion related to the development of a national life sciences strategy, including policy coherence across health, enterprise and industrial policy; research and innovation capability; intellectual property protection; skills and workforce development; competitiveness and enabling conditions such as energy and infrastructure; patient access to innovative medicines; sustainability and decarbonisation; and governance arrangements to support effective implementation and accountability.

Methods: Event / Reception

Politician(s) lobbied: John Lahart (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Barry Ward (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Verona Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Simon Harris (An Tánaiste), Department of the Taoiseach; Professor Mary Horgan (Chief Medical Officer), Department of Health; Malcolm Byrne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Engagements during the US Chamber of Commerce visit to Dublin (23–26 February 2026) focused on Ireland’s competitiveness. Topics included patient access to innovative medicines, pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement policy under the IPHA Framework Agreement 2026–2029, R&D and innovation policy, regulatory certainty, Ireland–US trade and investment relations, and Ireland’s role in EU policymaking, including the forthcoming Irish EU Presidency.

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Robert Watt (Secretary General), Department of Health; Derek Tierney (Assistant Secretary), Department of Health

Intent: To highlight to the Department of Health the ‘Cancer Dashboard for Ireland’ developed by the Swedish Institute for Health Economics (IHE) with support from MSD which provides analysis of the state of cancer care in Ireland with focus on early detection, timely diagnosis, and equitable access to effective treatment.

Methods: Letter

Politician(s) lobbied: Maria Byrne (Senator), Seanad

Intent: To highlight the importance for Ireland's new cardiac strategy to align with the policy priorities of the new EU Safe Harts Plan and to highlight the importance for routine cardiac health checks to be introduced in Ireland which encompass identification of LDL cholesterol as a form of prevention to address CVD related harm in Ireland.

Methods: Informal communication

Politician(s) lobbied: Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Brian Keegan (Special Advisor), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Aine Doyle (Special Adviser), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications

Intent: For consideration to be given to introducing Virtual Green Energy Parks into the Private Wires legislation to allow multiple manufacturing sites within a single legal entity to operate as one virtual energy entity in order to maximise the use of renewable energy creation.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Roderic O'Gorman (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Teresa Costello (Senator), Seanad; Sandra Broderick (Regional Executive Officer), Health Service Executive; Evanne Ní Chuilinn (Senator), Seanad; Barry Heneghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gillian Toole (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Noel McCarthy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Malcolm Byrne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Darren O'Rourke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Erin McGreehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: To discuss the ‘Cancer Dashboard for Ireland’ developed by the Swedish Institute for Health Economics (IHE) with support from MSD which provides analysis of the state of cancer care in Ireland with focus on early detection, timely diagnosis, and equitable access to effective treatment.

Methods: EmailEvent / Reception