Polio Survivors Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Polio Survivors Ireland

Date published 19 Dec, 2025

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Sep, 2025 to 31 Dec, 2025

Specific Details To ask that the Minister for Health considers specific requests to change income eligibility for medical cards and recognise the Cost of Disability as a distinct category in the application process for same.

Intended results That the Minister for Health should consider these specific requests in the context of the Programme for Government 2025 commitment to further increase medical card limits

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Siobhan Banville

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)

Email sent to follow up on the Minister's office's response to briefing paper submitted in April 2025

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.

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill Minister (Department of Health)