Bookselling Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Bookselling Ireland

Date published 19 Sep, 2025

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Agriculture

Period 1 May, 2025 to 31 Aug, 2025

Specific Details Email requesting a meeting to clarify requirements of new EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).

Intended results Meeting with Department officials to discuss the information required to be supplied/stored by booksellers as part of the new EUDR legislation.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Dawn Behan, Vice Chair of Bookselling Ireland

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 (1)

New EUDR legislation will require booksellers to generate/retain documentation regarding paper sources used in book manufacture. The requirements are very general so I requested a meeting to discuss the exact requirements with respect to bookseller specifically.

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.

Martin Heydon Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)