Roche Diagnostics Ltd

Lobbying Organisation Roche Diagnostics Ltd

Date published 13 Jan, 2026

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Sep, 2025 to 31 Dec, 2025

Specific Details Discussed point of care testing for STIs in the Irish prison service

Intended results Understand if we can collaborate on a public health pilot to introduce STI testing for vulnerable patients in the Irish Prison Service

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity John Glynn

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.

Meeting (1)

We had a face to face meeting at the IPS offices in Phibsborough - 15/12/25, to discuss the potential of running an STI public health testing project

Virtual Meeting (1)

We had a virtual meeting to discuss STI testing in the prison service on the 3/9/25 - is this something of value to the health service? How could we collaborate?

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 M Joyce Executive Clinical Lead (Irish Prison Service)