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2018-09-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Kathleen Holohan (Chief Executive Officer), Carlow County Council; Tommy Ryan (CEO), Cavan County Council; Pat Dowling (Chief Executive Officer), Clare County Council; Ann Doherty (Chief Executive Officer), Cork City Council; Tim Lucey (CEO), Cork County Council; Seamus Neely (CEO), Donegal County Council; Dick Brady (Director of Services or Equivalent), Dublin City Council; Brendan Kenny (Director of Services or Equivalent), Dublin City Council; Mary Pyne (Director of Services or Equivalent), Dublin City Council; Kathy Quinn (Director of Services or Equivalent), Dublin City Council; Philomena Poole (CEO), Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council; Owen Keegan (CEO), Dublin City Council; Richard Shakespeare (Director of Services or Equivalent), Dublin City Council; Paul Reid (CEO), Fingal County Council; Brendan McGrath (CEO), Galway City Council; Kevin Kelly (CEO), Galway County Council; Moira Murrell (CEO), Kerry County Council; Peter Carey (CEO), Kildare County Council; Colette Byrne (CEO), Kilkenny County Council; John Mulholland (CEO), Laois County Council; Lar Power (Chief Executive Officer), Leitrim County Council; Conn Murray (Chief Executive Officer), Limerick City and County Council; Paddy Mahon (CEO), Longford County Council; Joan Martin (Chief Executive Officer), Louth County council; Peter Hynes (Chief Executive Officer), Mayo County Council; Jackie Maguire (Chief Executive Officer), Meath County Council; Eamonn O'Sullivan (CEO), Monaghan County Council; Anna Marie Delaney (Chief Executive Officer), Offaly County Council; Eugene Cummins (Chief Executive Officer), Roscommon County Council; Ciaran Hayes (CEO), Sligo County Council; Danny McLoughlin (Chief Executive Officer), South Dublin County Council; Joe McGrath (Chief Executive Officer), Tipperary County Council; Michael Walsh (CEO), Waterford City and County Council; Pat Gallagher (Chief Executive Officer), Westmeath County Council; Tom Enright (Chief Executive Officer), Wexford County Council; Frank Curran (Chief Executive Officer), Wicklow County Council
Intent: Signage indicating Smokefree playgrounds in playgrounds under the control of city and county councils
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Signage re Smokefree playgrounds in playgrounds under the control of city and county councils |
2018-09-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance
Intent: Implementation by Department of Finance of WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Treaty on Illicit Trade Protocol in order to eliminate the illicit trade in tobacco products.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Clarification sought re Department of Finance's plans to WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Treaty on Illicit Trade Protocol |
2018-09-21
Politician(s) lobbied: Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance; Simon Harris (Minister), Department of Health; Denis Naughten (Minister), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications; Michael McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joan Burton (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pearse Doherty (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eamon Ryan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Richard Boyd Barrett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Clare Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Róisín Shortall (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Séamus Healy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Feargal Quinn (Senator), Seanad
Intent: Strengthening of tobacco control initiatives through Budget measures
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Pre-budget submission on tobacco control initiatives |
2018-01-08
Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (Minister), Department of Health; Joe Hackett (Assistant Secretary), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Support for ENSP and Re-instatement of their funding
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Letter to Minister for Health and Ireland's EU permanent representatives regarding support for ENSP re ongoing funding from European commission. |
2018-01-08
Politician(s) lobbied: Leo Varadkar (Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Simon Harris (Minister), Department of Health
Intent: Full compliance with the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Letter to An Taoiseach and Minister for Health re Tobacco Industry advertising and lobbying in regard to new tobacco products. |
2017-09-05
Politician(s) lobbied: Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance
Intent: Price increase in tobacco::Levy on each pack of cigarrettes
Methods: Submission
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Pre Budget Submission |
2017-01-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (Minister), Department of Health
Intent: Government to start legal proceedings against the tobacco industry for recovery of health related costs
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Possibility of Government suing the tobacco industry for recovery of health related costs |
2016-09-06
Politician(s) lobbied: Michael Noonan (Minister), Department of Finance; Simon Harris (Minister), Department of Health
Intent: To increase the price of cigarettes, to have an environmental levy placed on tobacco, to increase funds available to fight smuggling, removal of VAT on nicotine patches
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | pre-budget submission |
2016-09-06
Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (Minister), Department of Health; Marcella Corcoran Kennedy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Micheál Martin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Enda Kenny (Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach
Intent: ASH Ireland lobbied for the full implementation of legislation to introduce plain packaging
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | ASH Ireland lobbied for the full implementation of legislation to introduce plain packaging |
2016-05-10
Politician(s) lobbied: Pearse Doherty (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Noonan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: That a levy be placed on the tobacco industry as a way of recovering the cost of environmental tobacco waste while also reducing the burden of the USC on Irish employees
Methods: Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Encouraging political parties to impose an environmental levy on the tobacco industry as a way of reducing the USC on employees |