Cook Medical

Lobbying Organisation Cook Medical

Date published 13 Jan, 2020

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area EU Affairs

Period 1 Sep, 2019 to 31 Dec, 2019

Specific Details Updating the DPOs on the implications of both the EU Medical Device Regulation and Brexit on Cook Medcial.

Intended results Information sharing and explanation of the potential impact of both these issues on the patients that we support throughout EMEA.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Emmett Devereux

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?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (11-20)

Emails to the DPOs in question explaining our concerns regarding both the EU Medical Device Regulation and Brexit.

Meeting (6-10)

Meetings with the DPOs explaining the patient impact regarding both the EU Medical Device Regulation and Brexit. Face to face meetings took place with Mairead McGuiness, Billy Kelleher, Francis Fitzgerald, Maria Byrne, Kieran O'Donnell, Sean Kelly, Grace O'Sullivan and Deirdre Clune. In addition I met with Adrian Naughton who is an accredited Parliamentary assistant to Mick Wallace.

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.

Billy Kelleher MEP (European Parliament)

Frances Fitzgerald MEP (European Parliament)

Mick Wallace MEP (European Parliament)

Maria Walsh MEP (European Parliament)

Grace O'Sullivan MEP (European Parliament)

Ciarán Cuffe MEP (European Parliament)

Seán Kelly MEP (European Parliament)

Mairead McGuinness MEP (European Parliament)

Deirdre Clune MEP (European Parliament)

Kieran O'Donnell Senator (Seanad)

Maria Byrne Senator (Seanad)