Meeting with Barry Andrews (Member of the European Parliament) and MedTech Europe

12 Nov 2025 · MedTech

Response to Circular Economy Act

6 Nov 2025

Response to Proposal for a Directive/Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on strengthening consumer protection in the digital environment (Digital Fairness Act)

24 Oct 2025

Response to Digital Omnibus revising several legislative acts in view of regulatory simplification

14 Oct 2025

Meeting with Billy Kelleher (Member of the European Parliament)

14 Oct 2025 · Aircraft Leasing, Trade

Meeting with Pierpaolo Settembri (Cabinet of Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas)

14 Oct 2025 · meeting with IBEC and ALI

Response to Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2017/745 on medical devices and Regulation (EU) 2017/746 on in vitro diagnostic medical devices as regards simplification and burden reduction

6 Oct 2025

Meeting with Barry Andrews (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Oct 2025 · Omnibus

Meeting with Nina Carberry (Member of the European Parliament)

24 Sept 2025 · Trade

Response to Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament, A European Strategy for Housing Construction

18 Sept 2025

Response to COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS Consumer Agenda 2025-2030 and Action Plan on Consumers in the Single Market

29 Aug 2025

Response to Commission proposal for Regulation (EU) No …/… of … amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards scope extension to downstream products and anti-circumvention

26 Aug 2025

Response to Digital Networks Act

11 Jul 2025

Response to Cloud and AI Development Act

2 Jul 2025

Meeting with Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Jul 2025 · IBEC Aircraft Leasing Ireland Lunch

Meeting with Filip Cornelis (Director Mobility and Transport) and 3 other interest representatives

2 Jul 2025 · Sustainable Transport Investment Plan

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on revision of the Cybersecurity Act, streamlining and supplementing cybersecurity legislation and repealing Regulation (EU) 2019/881 of the European Parliament and the Council of 17 April 2019 on ENISA (the European Agency for Cybersecurity) and on information and communications technology cybersecurity certification and repealing Regulation (EU) No 526/2013 (Cybersecurity Act) (Text with EEA relevance)

20 Jun 2025

Response to Impact assessment on the mandatory retention of metadata by service providers for the purpose of criminal proceedings

18 Jun 2025

Response to Commission staff working document - Assessment of the effects of the Commission Recommendation on combating online piracy of sports and other live events

4 Jun 2025

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... amending Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of relevant commodities and relevant products

6 May 2025

Meeting with Barry Andrews (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion)

6 May 2025 · Omnibus

Meeting with Barry Andrews (Member of the European Parliament)

15 Apr 2025 · Medtech

Response to Targeted evaluation of Regulation (EU)2017/745 on Medical Devices and Regulation (EU)2017/746 on In Vitro Diagnostics

21 Mar 2025

Meeting with Maria Walsh (Member of the European Parliament)

20 Mar 2025 · Agricultural policy

Meeting with Cristina Dias (Cabinet of Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque), Larisa Dragomir (Cabinet of Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque)

20 Mar 2025 · Exchange on regulatory developments

Meeting with Cristina Dias (Cabinet of Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque), Larisa Dragomir (Cabinet of Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque)

20 Mar 2025 · Meeting to discuss financial services in Ireland

Meeting with Nina Carberry (Member of the European Parliament)

20 Mar 2025 · Agricultural policy

Meeting with Patricia Reilly (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)

19 Mar 2025 · Ireland’s nitrates derogation

Meeting with Jessika Roswall (Commissioner), Michael McGrath (Commissioner) and 2 other attendees

19 Mar 2025 · Exchange on environmental policy matters

Meeting with Regina Doherty (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Mar 2025 · Single Market

Response to Savings and Investments Union

7 Mar 2025

Meeting with Ilaria Flores Martin (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall)

17 Feb 2025 · Nitrates Directive

Meeting with Nina Carberry (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Feb 2025 · International Trade

Meeting with Barry Andrews (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Feb 2025 · Competitiveness

Response to Single Market Strategy 2025

31 Jan 2025

Meeting with Regina Doherty (Member of the European Parliament)

30 Jan 2025 · CMU

Meeting with Billy Kelleher (Member of the European Parliament)

29 Jan 2025 · Trade / Whiskey

Meeting with Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (Member of the European Parliament)

28 Jan 2025 · Irish businesses

Meeting with Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (Member of the European Parliament)

28 Jan 2025 · Medical Technology

Meeting with Nina Carberry (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Jan 2025 · EU-UK Relations

Meeting with Nina Carberry (Member of the European Parliament) and UPS Europe SRL/BV

19 Nov 2024 · EU Trade Policy

Meeting with Regina Doherty (Member of the European Parliament)

13 Nov 2024 · Financial Services

Meeting with John Berrigan (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)

12 Nov 2024 · Remarks on 2024 – 2029 EU Commission agenda Roundtable on CMU, DORA, SEPA,Common European Regulatory Framework

Meeting with Michael Mcnamara (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Nov 2024 · AI and Data Security

Meeting with Nina Carberry (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

22 Oct 2024 · EU-UK Trade & Cooperation Agreement

Meeting with Nina Carberry (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Oct 2024 · EU Trade Policy 2024-2029

Response to Guidelines on the Protection of Minors online (under Article 28 of the Digital Services Act)

30 Sept 2024

Meeting with Maria Walsh (Member of the European Parliament)

25 Sept 2024 · Ibec

Meeting with Michael Mcnamara (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Sept 2024 · Introductory meeting

Meeting with Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Sept 2024 · Employment policy

Meeting with Regina Doherty (Member of the European Parliament)

10 Sept 2024 · Supports for Irish SMEs

Meeting with Nina Carberry (Member of the European Parliament)

10 Sept 2024 · Introductory Meeting

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... laying down rules for the application of Directive (EU) 2022/2555 as regards technical and methodological requirements of cybersecurity risk-management measures and further specification of the cases in which an incident is considered to be significant with regard to DNS service providers, TLD name registries, cloud computing service providers, data centre service providers, content delivery network providers, managed service providers, managed security service providers, providers of online market places, of online search engines and of social networking services platforms, and trust service providers

24 Jul 2024

Response to WHITE PAPER How to master Europe's digital infrastructure needs?

28 Jun 2024

Meeting with Deirdre Clune (Member of the European Parliament)

20 Mar 2024 · Digital Priorities

Meeting with Maria Walsh (Member of the European Parliament)

20 Mar 2024 · SMEs & Irish Business

Meeting with Kadri Simson (Commissioner) and 1 other attendee

9 Feb 2024 · Meeting with the Irish Business and Employers Confederation on data centres and related energy requirements, decarbonisation.

Response to Report on the application of the General Data Protection Regulation to the European Parliament and the Council

8 Feb 2024

Meeting with Barry Andrews (Member of the European Parliament)

31 Jan 2024 · IBEC's Outlook 2024

Meeting with Seán Kelly (Member of the European Parliament)

30 Jan 2024 · Meeting on the MDR

Meeting with Deirdre Clune (Member of the European Parliament)

30 Jan 2024 · Medical Devices

Meeting with Barry Andrews (Member of the European Parliament)

8 Jan 2024 · Meeting with IBEC Representatives

Meeting with Barry Andrews (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Dec 2023 · Why Ireland Should Host the European Anti-Money Laundering Authority

Meeting with Katherine Power (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)

29 Nov 2023 · Forestry in Ireland

Response to Evaluation of the Directive (EU) 2019/633 of 17 April 2019 on unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain

27 Nov 2023

Meeting with Ciarán Cuffe (Member of the European Parliament)

15 Nov 2023 · Meeting regarding retailers in Ireland

Meeting with Deirdre Clune (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Nov 2023 · Packaging and Packaging Waste

Meeting with Chris Macmanus (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Nov 2023 · Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive

Meeting with Barry Andrews (Member of the European Parliament)

27 Sept 2023 · Trade Policy Competitiveness

Response to Evaluation of the impact, effectiveness and efficiency of ENISA and of its working practices, and of the European Cybersecurity Certification Framework

15 Sept 2023

Meeting with Billy Kelleher (Member of the European Parliament)

31 Aug 2023 · EU developments

Meeting with Frances Fitzgerald (Member of the European Parliament)

30 Aug 2023 · Trade and investment

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... supplementing Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards sustainability reporting standards

7 Jul 2023

Meeting with Grace O'Sullivan (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Jul 2023 · Good Friday Agreement Networking Lunch

Meeting with Frances Fitzgerald (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Jul 2023 · Northern Irish peace process

Meeting with Barry Andrews (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Jul 2023 · Good Friday Agreement anniversary event

Meeting with Billy Kelleher (Member of the European Parliament)

3 May 2023 · Waste Packaging Issues

Meeting with Billy Kelleher (Member of the European Parliament)

27 Apr 2023 · General Agri Issues

Response to Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council further specifying procedural rules relating to the enforcement of Regulation 2016/679 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) in cross-border cases

24 Mar 2023

Meeting with Billy Kelleher (Member of the European Parliament)

22 Mar 2023 · General: Irish/EU relations/ Single Market/Financial Services Update

Meeting with Chris Macmanus (Member of the European Parliament)

21 Mar 2023 · Brexit, Industrial Emissions Directive, Nature Restoration Law, Nitrates Directive, Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, Green Claims legislation

Meeting with John Berrigan (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)

21 Mar 2023 · Solvency II Review AND AIFMD review

Meeting with Deirdre Clune (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

21 Mar 2023 · Artificial Intelligence Act

Meeting with Kevin Keary (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

21 Mar 2023 · EU Trade policy including Free Trade Agreements, EU-UK relations/Windsor Framework, Digital Trade

Meeting with Frances Fitzgerald (Member of the European Parliament)

20 Mar 2023 · FSI

Meeting with Lukas Visek (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

22 Feb 2023 · Transition towards sustainable food systems

Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President) and 32 other interest representatives

16 Feb 2023 · Critical Raw Materials package

Response to Joint Communication: New Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean

8 Feb 2023

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing a common framework for media services in the internal market (European Media Freedom Act) and amending Directive 2010/13/EU

20 Jan 2023

Meeting with Patricia Reilly (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)

8 Nov 2022 · Ibec and the Irish Med Tech Association discussed implementation of the EU Medical Device Regulation (MDR) and its potential impact on future patient access to medtech, as well as R&D and investment

Meeting with Joanna Stawowy (Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski) and Comité Européen des Entreprises Vins

12 Oct 2022 · The Irish TRIS notification on Alcohol Labels

Meeting with Seán Kelly (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Oct 2022 · official opening of Ibec’s new Brussels office

Meeting with Anthony Whelan (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)

12 Oct 2022 · Digital policy - highlight positive case studies on Ibec's, discuss the latest developments shaping Europe’s Digital Future and exchange views

Meeting with Patricia Reilly (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)

6 Sept 2022 · General EU issues since Mrs Reilly became Head of Cabinet on 1 September.

Meeting with Kadri Simson (Commissioner) and 5 other interest representatives

2 Jun 2022 · REPowerEU Plan; EU Energy Platform

Meeting with Barry Andrews (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

13 May 2022 · SDGs

Meeting with Dārta Tentere (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness), Peter Power (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)

3 May 2022 · Sanctions

Meeting with Barry Andrews (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion)

31 Mar 2022 · CSDDD

Meeting with Seán Kelly (Member of the European Parliament)

23 Mar 2022 · Irish energy policy, pharma policy and Fit for 55 package

Meeting with Barry Andrews (Member of the European Parliament)

23 Mar 2022 · EU Drinks Industry

Meeting with Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner) and 1 other attendee

22 Mar 2022 · Meeting with Food & Drinks Ireland

Meeting with Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)

22 Mar 2022 · Address at IBEC event - EU response to Ukraine

Meeting with John Berrigan (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)

21 Mar 2022 · Insurance sector's interpretation, Taxonomy

Meeting with Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner) and 5 other attendees

3 Mar 2022 · Minimum wage proposal, Platform work proposal, Labour shortages, Right to Request Remote Working Bill, Social dialogue.

Meeting with Barry Andrews (Member of the European Parliament)

1 Mar 2022 · Irish and European Competitiveness

Meeting with Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)

10 Feb 2022 · Delivered speech at webinar - Taxonomy, CSRD, Sustainable Corporate Governance and CMU

Meeting with Katherine Power (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)

6 Sept 2021 · Introductory meeting – European Green Deal

Meeting with Claude Bocqueraz (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness), Katherine Power (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)

14 Jul 2021 · Capital Markets Union, Digital Finance, Sustainable Finance, and Anti-Money Laundering.

Meeting with Katherine Power (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)

14 Jul 2021 · Introductory meeting

Meeting with Elina Melngaile (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis), Michael Hager (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis) and 13 other attendees

23 Jun 2021 · EU-US trade relations; Trade relations with other third countries

Response to Revision of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45 EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (CLP Regulation)

31 May 2021

Response to Revision of the Regulation (EC) 1907/2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)

31 May 2021

Response to Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Setting out a roadmap to accelerate and shape Europe’s digital transformation towards 2030

9 Mar 2021

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on digital operational resilience for the financial sector and amending Regulations (EC) No 1060/2009, (EU) No 648/2012, (EU) No 600/2014 and (EU) No 909/2014

15 Feb 2021

Response to Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers

1 Feb 2021

Meeting with Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)

28 Jan 2021 · EU priorities for the year.

Meeting with Barry Andrews (Member of the European Parliament)

15 Jan 2021 · Brexit

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... supplementing Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing the technical screening criteria for determining the conditions under which an economic activity qualifies as contributing substantially to climate change mitigation or climate change adaptation and for determining whether that economic activity causes no significant harm to any of the other environmental objectives

15 Dec 2020

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) …/… on standard contractual clauses for the transfer of personal data to third countries pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council

10 Dec 2020

Meeting with Anthony Whelan (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)

8 Oct 2020 · Discussion with IBEC members on digital issues, e.g. open strategic autonomy, AI, cloud federation, tax, skills.

Response to Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council laying down requirements for Artificial Intelligence

10 Sept 2020

Response to Legislative framework for the governance of common European data spaces

30 Jul 2020

Meeting with Dermot Ryan (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan)

27 Jan 2020 · effects on EU/US trade dispute on the sector

Meeting with Dermot Ryan (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan)

10 Dec 2019 · priorities of the incoming Commission and DG Trade's WP

Meeting with Phil Hogan (Commissioner)

24 Sept 2019 · Launch of Strategy document for biopharmachem

Response to A Communication on more efficient law-making in the field of taxation: identification of areas for a move to qualified majority voting

14 Jan 2019

Meeting with Joshua Salsby (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc)

22 Nov 2018 · Aviation issues

Meeting with Phil Hogan (Commissioner)

9 Nov 2018 · Agri Trade

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013 with regard to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union

30 Aug 2018

Meeting with Marlene Madsen (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

22 Mar 2018 · Future of Europe

Meeting with Tom Tynan (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan)

21 Mar 2018 · Business discussion

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL Amending Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Banking Authority); Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority); Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Securities and Markets Authority); Regulation (EU) No 345/2013 on European venture capital funds; Regulation (EU) No 346/2013 on European social entrepreneurship funds; Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 on markets in financial instruments; Regulation (EU) 2015/760 on European long-term investment funds; Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 on indices used as benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts or to measure the performance of investment funds; and Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading on a regulated market

20 Jan 2018

Meeting with Juho Romakkaniemi (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

6 Dec 2017 · IE, Economy, Trade

Meeting with Ditte Juul Jørgensen (Cabinet of Commissioner Margrethe Vestager)

6 Dec 2017 · Ireland as a substance economy

Response to Fairness in platform-to-business relations

22 Nov 2017

Meeting with Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

8 Nov 2017 · ESAs review; regulatory issues

Meeting with Shane Sutherland (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan)

25 Oct 2017 · Forestry

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... on key elements of data storage contracts to be concluded as part of a traceability system for tobacco products

2 Oct 2017

Meeting with Phil Hogan (Commissioner)

26 Sept 2017 · Threats to the continued growth of Spirits Industry

Meeting with Shane Sutherland (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan)

6 Sept 2017 · General

Meeting with Dominique Ristori (Director-General Energy)

6 Sept 2017 · energy policy development

Meeting with Tom Tynan (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan)

12 Jul 2017 · Business discussion

Meeting with Dermot Ryan (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan), Tom Tynan (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan)

29 Jun 2017 · AGRI related issues

Meeting with Phil Hogan (Commissioner)

1 Mar 2017 · Recording for IBEC conference

Meeting with Shane Sutherland (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan)

22 Feb 2017 · Free Momvement and Trade

Meeting with Tom Tynan (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan)

24 Jan 2017 · Business discussion

Meeting with Shane Sutherland (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan)

6 Dec 2016 · Business Outlook

Meeting with Tom Tynan (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan)

22 Nov 2016 · Agri matters

Meeting with Shane Sutherland (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan)

22 Nov 2016 · General

Response to COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No …/.. amending Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)

10 Oct 2016

Meeting with Peter Power (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan)

8 Sept 2016 · The impact of Brexit on Irish business

Meeting with Shane Sutherland (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan)

8 Sept 2016 · Growth and Competitiveness

Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Vice-President) and 2 other attendees

8 Sept 2016 · Telecom, free flow of data, digital skills, e-commerce, e-government, spectrum, privacy shield

Meeting with Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner) and 14 other interest representatives

13 May 2016 · EU energy and climate agenda for 2016

Meeting with Joachim Balke (Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete), Yvon Slingenberg (Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete)

28 Sept 2015 · Developments stemming from the Energy Union package

Meeting with Michelle Sutton (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

28 Jul 2015 · Commission piorities; better regulation agenda.

Meeting with Carl-Christian Buhr (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan)

7 May 2015 · Preliminary views on the European Commission's upcoming package on Europe's digital economy

Meeting with Phil Hogan (Commissioner) and 1 other attendee

23 Jan 2015 · Meeting board of Directors of IBEC to discuss Commission Work Programme

Meeting with Phil Hogan (Commissioner)

23 Jan 2015 · Commissioner work programme for 2015 and policy priorities for the 5 year term as Commissionr.

Meeting with Catherine Day (Secretary-General Secretariat-General)

9 Dec 2014 · Launch of IBEC Business Priorities