Health Research Charities Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Health Research Charities Ireland

Date published 26 Apr, 2016

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Jan, 2016 to 30 Apr, 2016

Specific Details Invite representation from the Department of Health in the May Irish Health Research Forum. The theme of this Forum is 'How can legislation facilitate health research'.

Intended results As the theme of the Forum is how research can be facilitated by legislation, we would like to have a representative from the Department of Health attending to present on the Department's perspective.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Grace Cappock, Head of Communications & Public Affairs

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 (1)

Email to Jim Breslin to invite a member of the Department of Health to present at the May Irish Health Research Forum

Email (2-5)

1. Email 6th April to Muiris O’Connor re: IHRF invite to address Forum on May 10th. 2. Email 8th April to Muiris O’Connor setting up phone call on 13th April to discuss Forum. 3. Email 12th April to Muiris O’Connor sending Agenda for Forum May 10th.

Phone call (1)

Phone call with Muiris O’Connor to discuss topic for Forum presentation.

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.

Jim Breslin Secretary General (Department of Health)

Muiris O’Connor Assistant Secretary (Department of Health)