Liz O Donnell

Lobbying Organisation Liz O Donnell

Date published 09 Jan, 2017

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Sep, 2016 to 31 Dec, 2016

Specific Details Request to the taoiseach's office for a meeting with senior MSD officials and Taoiseach in Davos at World Economic Forum.

Intended results To see if the Taoiseach's schedule could allow a bilateral meeting with MSD Senior Vice President at Davos in January 2017

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Liz O'Donnell

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) Yes

Current or Former Designated Public Official(s)

Liz O'Donnell (Former DPO) Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? Yes

Client(s)

Client 1

Company name MSD Ireland

CRO number (if applicable)

Company address Red Oak North, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18

Main business or activity Health

Company website www.msd.ie

Contact email address eoin.bradley@merck.com

Contact phone number 087 1768725

Contact address Red Oak North, South County Business Park , Leopardstown, Dublin 18

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Phone call (2-5)

Phone call to Taoiseachs office to enquire who was handling the Taoiseach's schedule for Davos in January 2017

Email (2-5)

Email to Taoiseach's Department re request for bilateral meeting with MSD President while attending World Economic Forum at Davos.

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

John Shaw Assistant Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)