The Medical Protection Society Limited

Lobbying Organisation The Medical Protection Society Limited

Date published 06 May, 2025

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Jan, 2025 to 30 Apr, 2025

Specific Details Sponsoring of an event around the human and financial cost of clinical negligence claims

Intended results Raising awareness of the importance of the introduction of pre-action protocols, in order to reduce impacts on patients and healthcare professionals

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Megan Bennett

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.

Event / Reception (1)

Parliamentary event at Leinster House, Wednesday 5th May, on the experience of those involved in clinical negligence claims without pre-action protocols being enacted

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.

Barry Ward TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)