Politician(s) lobbied: Robert Troy (Minister of State), Department of Finance; Andrew Smith (Adviser to Minister of State), Department of Finance
Intent: To strengthen relations between PayPal and the Department of Finance, brief them on PayPal’s position in relation to key initiatives - including the Ireland for Finance Strategy, scams and fraud, SCA and digital wallets - and identify potential opportunities for future collaboration.
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting in Dublin between Minister Robert Troy, advisor Andrew Smith, Richard Carr (Dept. of Finance), and PayPal representatives to discuss Ireland’s Finance Strategy, EU Presidency, PayPal’s positions on scams, SCA and digital wallets, its fraud work, and engagement opportunities at Eurofi in September and an AI Summit in October.
Politician(s) lobbied: Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; John Newham (Assistant Secretary), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Brian Keegan (Special Advisor), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Intent: To strengthen relations between PayPal and the Department of Finance and to brief the Department on PayPal’s position in relation to key initiatives such as AI, Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) and PSD3/R.
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting between the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment, Peter Burke and PayPal's Aaron Webster, Prakhar Mehrotra, Shaun Khalfan, Ameeta Patel, Ziyang David Fan and in San Jose to discuss key national priorities including AI, Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) and PSD3/R.
Politician(s) lobbied: Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Intent: To strengthen relations between PayPal and the Irish Government and the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment.
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting between PayPal and the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to brief the Department on PayPal’s creation of 100 new data science roles at its Dublin office, and to discuss upcoming policy initiatives, such as PSD3.
Politician(s) lobbied: Robert Troy (Minister of State), Department of Finance
Intent: To strengthen relations between PayPal and the Department of Finance and to brief the Department on PayPal’s position in relation to Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) and the regulation of electronic payments by the EU.
Methods: EmailMeeting
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Email
Discussion Paper sent to the Department of Finance by email to brief the Department on PayPal’s position in relation to Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) and the regulation of electronic payments by the EU (PSD3 / PSR).
Meeting
Meeting between PayPal and the Minister of State at the Department of Finance with special responsibility for Financial Services, Credit Unions and Insurance to discuss PayPal’s business in Ireland and the regulation of electronic payments by the EU.
Politician(s) lobbied: Jack Chambers (Minister of State), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform
Intent: To strengthen relations between PayPal and the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation.
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting between PayPal and the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to discuss PayPal’s business in Ireland.
Politician(s) lobbied: Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance
Intent: To brief the Department on PayPal’s position in relation to Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) and the regulation of electronic payments by the EU.
Methods: Email
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Email
Discussion Paper sent to the Department of Finance by email to brief the Department on PayPal’s position in relation to Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) and the regulation of electronic payments by the EU (PSD3 / PSR).
Politician(s) lobbied: Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Finance
Intent: To strengthen relations between PayPal and the Department of Finance and to brief the Department on PayPal’s position in relation to Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) the regulation of payment services by the EU, and to discuss upcoming policy initiatives, such as PSD3 / PSR.
Methods: Virtual MeetingEmail
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Virtual Meeting
Conference call between PayPal and the Department of Finance to strengthen relations between PayPal and the Department and to brief the Department on PayPal’s position in relation to Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) and the regulation of payment services by the EU, and to discuss upcoming policy initiatives, such as PSD3 / PSR.
Email
Follow-up emails to share PayPal’s position in relation to Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) and the regulation of payment services by the EU, key take-aways from the conference call, and proposed amendments to regulation.
Politician(s) lobbied: Emer Higgins (Minister of State), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Treasa Kelly (Special Advisor), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Intent: To strengthen relations between PayPal and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment.
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting
Introductory meeting held between PayPal and Minister of State Emer Higgins on 26 June 2024 at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. Subjects discussed include updates to PayPal’s structure and business in Ireland.
Politician(s) lobbied: Neale Richmond (Minister of State), Department of Finance; Fiona Campbell (Adviser to Minister of State), Department of Finance
Intent: To strengthen relations between PayPal and the Department of Finance and discuss how PayPal can support the department's role in Financial Services Policy. To brief the Minister on PayPal’s position in relation to the regulation of electronic payments by the EU and discuss upcoming policy initiatives, such as PDS3.
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting
Introductory meeting held between PayPal and Minister of State Neale Richmond on 26 June 2024 at the Department of Finance. Subjects discussed include the EU's the Payment Services Directive 3 (PSD3) and the Payment Services Regulation (PSR) and PayPal’s business in Ireland.
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