Politician(s) lobbied: Maeve von Heynitz (Director General), Department of Foreign Affairs; Liam Morris (Director), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Ensuring mutual understanding within the Irish European Council presidency of the implications of the USTR S301 investigation into Germany. This included a discussion on the situation regarding tariffs, as well as the idea of a pharmaceutical/life sciences taskforce to discuss matters such as this. We also wanted to understand the Irish Government's current support for such a taskforce.::As a consequence of the flow of the conversation, we also discussed the EU's Food and Feed Safety Omnibus, with the goal of briefly sharing perspectives on a Council compromise text.
Methods: EmailMeeting
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Email
Courtesy follow-up email from the meeting as well as a subsequent email to Maeve von Heynitz on the Food and Feed Safety Omnibus, providing some further information about activity from embassies, as was requested.
Meeting
Following the arrangement of a single meeting by the consultancy Penta, I met Maeve and Liam to discuss the same topic outlined above.
Politician(s) lobbied: Maeve von Heynitz (Director General), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Invite non-DPOs to a CropLife Europe policy event on the proposal for the introduction of a unitary Supplementary Protection Certificate (uSPC) for Plant Protection Products (PPPs), as well as including a policy paper for background information ahead of the event.
Methods: Email
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Email
Maeve von Heynitz was copied in due to our previous meeting, and the topic being a relevant priority activity of the Irish Council Presidency.
Politician(s) lobbied: Maria Walsh (MEP), European Parliament
Intent: Seeking a meeting for general discussion of current issues.
Methods: Email
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Email
Email was to request the meeting, however, the meeting did not take place.
Politician(s) lobbied: Diarmuid Lynch (Special Adviser), Department of the Taoiseach; Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Coordinating a meeting with the Taoiseach
Methods: Email
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Email
Emails regarding a meeting with the Taoiseach during IPHA annual conference with EFPIA president.
Politician(s) lobbied: Jean Carberry (Assistant Secretary), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Intent: Discussing a Bayer representative taking part. We were seeking to understand more about what the summit would cover and whether a Bayer speaker would be a mutually good fit for any of the speaking slots at the summit, including whether our innovative uses of AI across the business would be suitable for what the organisers were looking for.
Methods: EmailPhone call
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Email
The emails related to coordinating a call to discuss the summit as above, including follow up confirmation of interest following the discussion.
Phone call
The phone call where we discussed Bayer suitability as above.
Politician(s) lobbied: Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Ethna Brogan (Assistant Secretary), Department of Transport
Intent: Discuss the development of biofuels and SAF market and associated challenges.
Methods: Email
Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Bríd Murphy (Adviser to Minister), Department of Health
Intent: Discuss the issue of most favoured nation pricing policy and how the Minister views the sector's competitiveness in Europe.
Methods: Event / Reception
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Event / Reception
Follow-up information, as requested by the Minister, was provided through the Chamber.
Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Clare Mungovan (Special Advisor), Department of Foreign Affairs; Hugh O’Connell (Deputy Government Press Secretary), Department of the Taoiseach; Stephen Kinsella (Special Adviser), Department of the Taoiseach; Joe Hackett (Assistant Secretary), Department of Foreign Affairs; Colm Hayes (Director General), Department of Foreign Affairs; Maeve von Heynitz (Director General), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Discussion and sharing of information relating to the geopolitical situation, specifically concerns surrounding the imposition of trade tariffs by the US. Understanding of the industry case for altering Ireland's position in the European Council relating to the GPL, as well as raising potential subjects for Ireland's EU Presidency agenda.
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting
Bayer were only involved in the meeting, with any associated activity and communication conducted by IPHA on the member companies' behalf.
Politician(s) lobbied: Maeve von Heynitz (Director General), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Present pharmaceutical sector ideas for Ireland's presidency agenda
Methods: Meeting
Details by Method
Meeting
Single meeting, coordinated by IPHA, to meet with Maeve von Heynitz. Mark Hanniffy, Director of the Presidency Planning Unit in DFA was also in attendance. William Thavenot committed to send some follow-up information to Mark Hanniffy on Bayer's EFPIA Presidency agenda, which was also done on 12th August 2025.
Politician(s) lobbied: Geraldine Byrne Nason (Ambassador), Department of Foreign Affairs
Intent: Awareness of Bayer's Crop Science division and role of the company in St. Louis and the wider US.
Methods: Meeting
