Irish Cancer Society

Lobbying Organisation Irish Cancer Society

Date published 21 Jan, 2019

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Sep, 2018 to 31 Dec, 2018

Specific Details Referral of statutory charges to external debt collection or legal agencies

Intended results To seek information as to expenditure by the HSE and public hospitals on the referral of statutory charges to external debt collection or legal agencies.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Karen Williams - Project Officer - Policy

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)

Emails to Alan Kelly TD, seeking information as to expenditure on debt collection agencies by the HSE and public hospitals. Three e-mails on 22/10/2018, 20/11/2018 and 29/11/2018.

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.

Alan Kelly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)