Home and Community Care Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Home and Community Care Ireland

Date published 20 Sep, 2023

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 May, 2023 to 31 Aug, 2023

Specific Details Meetings and briefings on general issues affecting home care sector

Intended results To inform representatives of issues impacting the home care sector

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Joseph Musgrave

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

Mass communications

Email All TDs Dissemination of briefing note on key issues impacting the home care sector in advance of Regional Independent Group Dail motion on home care

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Virtual Meeting (1)

Quarterly meeting with Minister Mary Butler on key issues impacting the home care sector (excluding HSE Home Support Tender)

Email (2-5)

Emails with Minister Butler's office to organise quarterly meeting.

Meeting (1)

Meeting with Duncan Smith TD and Ivana Bacik TD to discuss key issues impacting the home care sector. Held in Leinster House.

Email (2-5)

Emails with office of Ruari O'Murchu TD to provide information on home care services in response to constituent query.

Email (2-5)

Emails to office of David Cullinane TD to organise meeting on key issues impacting the home care sector (No meeting took place).

Email (2-5)

Emails to office of Colm Burke TD to request parliamentary question on home care waiting lists and delivery for inclusion in HCCI Data Series report

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.

Duncan Smith TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ivana Bacik TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mary Butler Minister of State (Department of Health)

Ruairí Ó Murchú TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

David Cullinane TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Colm Burke TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)