Alcohol Action Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Alcohol Action Ireland

Date published 03 Jan, 2024

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Sep, 2023 to 31 Dec, 2023

Specific Details Alcohol policy development

Intended results Highlighting of impact of alcohol on health, need for coherent policy development to reduce this harm and need to establish an Office for Alcohol Harm Reduction.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Sheila Gilheany, Frank Murray, Jennifer Hough, Conor Keane

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 (2-5)

Emails to David Cullinane, Robert Watt, Frances Black

Event / Reception (2-5)

Attendance at Sinn Fein Alternative Health Budget event 22 Sept 2023 in Buswells Hotel. Points raised in open forum. Attendance at Institute of Public Health 25th anniversary event on 4 Oct 2023, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. Points raised in open forum.

Meeting (1)

Meeting with David Cullinane in Leinster House 25 Oct 2023

Event / Reception (1)

Event organised by Irish Heart Foundation on 14 Nov 2023, Davenport Hotel - points raised with Róisín Shortall.

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.

David Cullinane TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Robert Watt Secretary General (Department of Health)

Frances Black Senator (Seanad)

Thomas Gould TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mark Ward TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Patricia Ryan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Róisín Shorthall TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)