Pfizer

Politician(s) lobbied: Maeve von Heynitz (Director General), Department of Foreign Affairs; John Newham (Assistant Secretary), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Amii McKeever (Special Advisor), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

Intent: To support policies that foster innovation, strengthen Ireland's competitiveness as a life sciences hub, and improve patient access to innovative medicines

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Geraldine Byrne Nason (Ambassador), Department of Foreign Affairs; John Newham (Assistant Secretary), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Amii McKeever (Special Advisor), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

Intent: Highlight the importance of improving the competitiveness of the life science industry in Europe::Outline the importance of the Biotech act in improving the competitiveness of the life science industry in Europe

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Colm Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig O'Sullivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marie Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Professor Mary Horgan (Chief Medical Officer), Department of Health; Brendan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Muiris O’Connor (Assistant Secretary), Department of Health; Geraldine Byrne Nason (Ambassador), Department of Foreign Affairs; Brendan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aisling Dempsey (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Erin McGreehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pat the Cope Gallagher (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Cahill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Teresa Costello (Senator), Seanad; Bríd Murphy (Adviser to Minister), Department of Health

Intent: Highlight the importance of the roll-out of an RSV National Immunisation Programme for older adults::To ensure that the burden of RSV disease among older adults, including acknowledged limitations in testing, surveillance and disease burden estimation, is appropriately considered in policy decision-making regarding the potential implementation of RSV vaccination through the National Immunisation Programme in Ireland.::To highlight the importance of prevention and adult vaccination in improving health outcomes for patients, healthcare systems, and society

Methods: MeetingEmailLetterPhone call

Politician(s) lobbied: John Newham (Assistant Secretary), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Intent: To share perspectives on the development of Ireland’s National Life Sciences Strategy, including the importance of a pro‑innovation and pro‑competitiveness policy environment that supports rapid patient access to innovation, strengthens health system resilience, and sustains Ireland’s role as a globally integrated life sciences manufacturing and innovation hub

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Thomas Byrne (Minister of State), Department of Foreign Affairs; John Newham (Assistant Secretary), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Intent: Highlight the importance of implementation of the new IPHA Framework Agreement ::To ensure Government recognise the value of innovative medicines

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Thomas Byrne (Minister of State), Department of Foreign Affairs; Daniel Griffin (Special Adviser), Department of Foreign Affairs; John Newham (Assistant Secretary), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Intent: Highlight the importance of improving the competitiveness of the life science industry in Europe::Outline the importance of the Biotech act in improving the competitiveness of the life science industry in Europe::To contribute to Government consideration of EU level health emergency preparedness in the context of Ireland’s preparations for the Presidency of the Council of the European Union

Methods: EmailMeeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Colm Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig O'Sullivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marie Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Professor Mary Horgan (Chief Medical Officer), Department of Health; Stephen Foley (Special Adviser), Department of Health; John Newham (Assistant Secretary), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Marie Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brendan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Linda Nelson Murray (Senator), Seanad; Thomas Byrne (Minister of State), Department of Foreign Affairs; Muiris O’Connor (Assistant Secretary), Department of Health; Deirdre Gillane (Chief of Staff), Department of the Taoiseach; Simon Harris (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs

Intent: Highlight the importance of the roll-out of an RSV National Immunisation Programme for older adults::In advance of HIQA’s final Health Technology Assessment on RSV immunisation strategies, to share information and perspectives with public officials on the impact of RSV on older adults in Ireland, the potential implications for health system capacity, and international policy approaches to RSV vaccination for older adult populations

Methods: EmailInformal communicationLetterMeeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; John Hogan (Secretary General), Department of Finance; Conor Glynn (Special Advisor to the Tanaiste), Department of the Taoiseach; Sinead Ryan (Assistant Secretary), Department of Finance

Intent: Ensure Ireland remains vocal against tariffs/ retaliatory tariffs on medicines and pharmaceutical ingredients; Ensure Ireland understands potential impacts of MFN policy and recognises the need for Ireland (and Europe) to appropriately value innovation closing the gap between Europe and the US; in Ireland specifically the Framework Supply Agreement and RSV immunisation

Methods: MeetingEmail

Politician(s) lobbied: Thomas Byrne (Minister of State), Department of Foreign Affairs; Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs

Intent: To encourage the Government to prioritise improving the competitiveness of the bio-pharmaceutical sector in Europe during the EU Presidency

Methods: EmailLetterMeeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Micheál Martin (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Simon Harris (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance

Intent: Reform of the reimbursement system and investment in new medicines in Budget 2026

Methods: Letter