Vape Business Ireland

Total Lobbying Efforts: 65

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Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 7)

2025-09-19
Current/Former DPOWhat is lobbying? (FAQ)
Politician(s) lobbied: Robert Watt (Secretary General), Department of Health; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance; Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig Rice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Cahill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sorca Clarke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig O'Sullivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter Roche (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marie Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Manus Boyle (Senator), Seanad; Tom Clonan (Senator), Seanad; Teresa Costello (Senator), Seanad; Maria Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Rónán Mullen (Senator), Seanad; Sharon Keogan (Senator), Seanad; Michael McDowell (Senator), Seanad; Mark Duffy (Senator), Seanad; Pearse Doherty (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To seek support for RVI pre-budget submission
Methods: Email
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RVI pre-budget submission
2025-09-19
Current/Former DPOWhat is lobbying? (FAQ)
Politician(s) lobbied: Tom Clonan (Senator), Seanad; Colm Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig Rice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Cahill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sorca Clarke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig O'Sullivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter Roche (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marie Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Manus Boyle (Senator), Seanad; Teresa Costello (Senator), Seanad; Maria Byrne (Senator), Seanad; John Clendennen (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Emer Currie (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Carol Nolan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To ensure an understanding of vaping retailers regarding current and proposal issues relating to regulation and enforcement
Methods: Email, Event / Reception
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Regulation of vaping
2025-05-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Verona Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Charles Ward (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marie Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ken O'Flynn (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Fitzmaurice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Collins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health
Intent: Regulatory change
Methods: Email
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To request Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the 2024 Vaping Bill
2025-01-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Bernard Durkan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To ask the Minister for Health about matters relating to vaping regulation
Methods: Email
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Sought information on future vaping regulation and enforcement of existing regulations
2025-01-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Matt Carthy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Highlight significant positive impact the vaping has on helping people quit smoking as well as delivering substantial margin and profit to local retailers across the country.
Methods: Email, Phone call
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Request to meet to discuss future vaping regulation and enforcement of existing regulations
2024-09-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Finance; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Cathal Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Brophy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Bernard Durkan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Lahart (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Kyne (Senator), Seanad; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To raise awareness of the need for resources for enforcement, surveys of the illicit vaping market and a small excise duty
Methods: Email
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Shared VBI's budgetary asks with relevant stakeholders
2024-09-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Bernard Durkan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To ask the Minister for Health about matters relating to vaping regulation
Methods: Email
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Sought information on future vaping legislation and product inspection regime
2024-09-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Bernard Durkan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter Fitzpatrick (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John McGahon (Senator), Seanad; Réada Cronin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Lawless (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To notify relevant stakeholders of illegal vapes being sold in constituency
Methods: Email
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To share details of noncompliant products entering Irish vaping market
2024-09-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Luke Ming Flanagan (MEP), European Parliament; Michael McNamara (MEP), European Parliament
Intent: To brief relevant stakeholders on VBI policy proposals
Methods: Email
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To request a meeting to discuss EU regulations on vaping
2024-05-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Michael Healy-Rae (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alan Farrell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Danny Healy-Rae (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mattie McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Bernard Durkan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Cummins (Senator), Seanad; Emer Currie (Senator), Seanad; Gerry Horkan (Senator), Seanad
Intent: To seek further support for the industry's position on enforcement
Methods: Email
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Followed up with attendees of report launch with the focus on enforcement of the law