Irish Dental Hygienist Association (IDHA )
Lobbying activity
The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.
Email (11-20)
The Irish Dental Hygienist Association (IDHA) are Lobbying To Amend The Dental Act,1985 to remove:
Section 54 (2)
Emails were sent to ministers of the Oireachtas Health Committee – emails were sent to Minister Padraig Rice: Social Democrats, Minister David Cullinane: Sinn Féin, and Minister Marie Sherlock: Labour. Minister Sorca Clarke: Sinn Féin
Meeting (1)
Subject : Amendment of the Dental Act 1985 to allow Direct Access
FEBRUARY 23rd 2026, Meeting with the Department of Health, Chief Dental Officer Dr Dympna Kavanagh and Mr Barry Crossan, Dept of Health. Assistant Principal, Oral Health Unit and Niall Redmond, Assistant Secretary General, Head of Primary Care to discuss Direct Access in the Public and private sectors. This meeting was in the Dept of Health offices, Dublin
Virtual Meeting (1)
Subject Direct Access for Dental Hygienists progress
MARCH 4th 2026, ONLINE Meeting IDHA representative group IDHA President, Sviatlana Anishchuk, IDHA President Elect, IDHA Past President and direct access chair Donna Paton, met with Padraig Rice, TD, Social Democrats and Spokesperson for Health
Email (1)
Email to the Minister of Health, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, to ask on Progress of our request for an immediate amendment to the Dental Act
Submission (1)
FEBRUARY 19TH 2026, IDHA’s Submission for Direct Access to the Oireachtas Health Committee.
Social Media (2-5)
MARCH 15th 2026, IDHA President, Political Opinion Piece on Direct Access published in the Irish Examiner
Meeting (1)
March 30th, 2026, IDHA Direct Access chairperson Donna Paton and 2 IDHA members, Susan Karr and Katie Murtagh, all registered Dental Hygienists, met with Peter Burke, TD, the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism, and Employment in Mullingar at his office to discuss the need for Direct Access within our constituency for the elderly in care homes and school waiting lists.
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.