Irish Kidney Association

Lobbying Organisation Irish Kidney Association

Date published 21 Jan, 2026

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Sep, 2025 to 31 Dec, 2025

Specific Details Looking for support for a new Dialysis Unit at Sligo University Hospital

Intended results To encourage all local TDs in Sligo to put the need for a new dialysis unit in Sligo University Hospital on the public agenda and raise it as a priority with the Department of Health..

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Geraldine McHugh IKA Sligo Branch Secretary (voluntary role)

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.

Letter (2-5)

Letter sent all local Sligo TDs seeking a meeting to ask for their support in a campaign to secure a new dialysis unit in Sligo University hospital

Meeting (1)

Meeting with local Sligo TDs asking for their support in a campaign to secure a new dialysis unit in Sligo University hospital

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.

Eamon Scanlon TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Frank Feighan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)