Royal College of Physicians of Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Royal College of Physicians of Ireland

Date published 21 May, 2018

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Jan, 2018 to 30 Apr, 2018

Specific Details Correspondence between RCPI and Oireachtas members

Intended results To inform issues around healthcare

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Siobhán Creaton Head of Public Affairs and Advocacy

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?) Yes

Current or Former Designated Public Official(s)

Siobhán Creaton (Former DPO) Special Adviser (Department of Education and Skills)

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 (1)

Invitation from Prof Mary Horgan President RCPI to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to honorary conferring of Dr Stanley Quek

Letter (2-5)

Minister of State for Mental Health and Older People, Jim Daly, was invited to a conference on dementia care at RCPI and spoke at this event.

Letter (2-5)

Dr Ellen Crushell, Dean of the Faculty of Paediatrics wrote to Minister Charles Flanagan and copied Minister Denis Naughten on the Faculty's views that the Digital Age of Consent should be set at 16

Letter (1)

Dr Blanaid Hayes, Dean of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine, wrote to Minister Paschal Donohue, requesting a meeting to discuss potential amendments to the Critical illness Protocol.

Email (1)

Information sent to Roisin Shortall TD on amendments to the Medical Practitioners Act that are awaited

Letter (1)

Prof Mary Horgan, President, wrote to Minister for Health, Simon Harris, to request a meeting to discuss healthcare issues

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.

Leo Varadkar Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)

Jim Daly Minister of State (Department of Health)

Paschal Donohoe Minister (Department of Finance)

Charles Flanagan Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)

Denis Naughten Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)

Róisín Shortall TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Simon Harris Minister (Department of Health)