Irish Cancer Society

Lobbying Organisation Irish Cancer Society

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 Altnagelvin area hospital

Intended results To ensure support for continued cross-border co-operation in building capacity in cancer services post-Brexit Support for continued investment in radiotherapy services in Altnagelvin post-Brexit

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Paul Gordon

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 (2-5)

3 emails (29.1.18/20.2.18/22.3.18) to Deputy Charlie McConlogue asking to share a PQ response on operations at Altnagelvin including any further plans to develop the relationship between Altnagelvin hospital and Letterkenny University Hospital. 2 e-mails to Louise O'Reilly TD on 23 and 27 January seeking support for cross-border cooperation and investment in radiotherapy services.

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.

Charlie McConalogue TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Louise O'Reilly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)