Irish Cancer Society

Lobbying Organisation Irish Cancer Society

Date published 21 Jan, 2019

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Sep, 2018 to 31 Dec, 2018

Specific Details Public Health Alcohol Bill

Intended results To thank Ministers, TDs and Senators for their work on the Public Health Alcohol Bill 2018.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Averil Power, CEO

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)

Averil Power (Former DPO) Senator (Seanad)

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 (6-10)

Letters sent on 22nd November 2018 to TDs Stephen Donnelly, Louise O'Reilly, Bernard Durkan, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, Kate O'Connell, Dr Michael Harty, Roisin Shortall, Senators Ged Nash and Frances Black, and Minister Catherine Byrne thanking them for supporting the Public Health Alcohol Bill 2018.

Letter (1)

Letter sent on 14 November by Dermot Breen (Chairperson) to An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, congratulating him on passage of the Public Health Alcohol Bill.

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.

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Stephen Donnelly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Bernard Durkan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

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

Kate O'Connell TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Harty TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Róisín Shorthall TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Gerald Nash Senator (Seanad)

Frances Black Senator (Seanad)

Catherine Byrne Minister of State (Department of Health)

Leo Varadkar Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)