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Pfizer questioned government over release of records to Business Post under FOI

Pharma giant asked the government for meeting to discussion Freedom of Information ahead of meeting last June

Pfizer: said its leadership had been ‘somewhat surprised’ by an article which reported that it had warned the government over its corporate tax plans. Picture: Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland

Pfizer questioned the Department of Finance over its response to Freedom of Information requests from journalists after the Business Post reported on a meeting it held with the government in 2022.

Newly released documents show representatives for the pharma giant said its leadership had been “somewhat surprised” by an article in this publication which reported that Pfizer had warned the government over its corporate tax plans.

Officials from the Department of Finance met with senior ...