Irish Sudden Infant Death Association (FirstLight )

Lobbying Organisation Irish Sudden Infant Death Association

Date published 18 Sep, 2018

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 May. 2018 to 31 Aug. 2018

Specific Details FirstLight lobbied for the provision of additional public funds for the provision of professional crisis interventions and professional counseling support to families who suddenly lost a child

Intended results The provision of additional public funds to FirstLight

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Fionnuala Sheehan, CEO, FirstLight

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)

The Minister for Health, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, the Minister of State for Mental Health and Older People and the Minister of State for Health Promotion were contacted by Email. A meeting took place with officials from the Department of Health and the HSE.

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.

Katherine Zappone Minister (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)

Simon Harris Minister (Department of Health)

Jim Daly Minister of State (Department of Health)

Catherine Byrne Minister of State (Department of Health)