The Irish Hospice Foundation

Lobbying Organisation The Irish Hospice Foundation

Date published 21 May, 2019

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Jan, 2019 to 30 Apr, 2019

Specific Details Meeting with Minister Harris as part of a coalition of paediatric palliative care providers and consultants

Intended results Clarification of DOH commitment to Children's Palliative Care (CPC), commitment to fair funding for CPC, removal of obstacles for appointment of National Prog Mgr, commitment to development of an agreed plan of work 2020 to 2022

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Sharon Foley

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.

Meeting (1)

We, IHF, participated in a meeting with Minister Harris of a coalition of paediatric palliative care providers and consultants - Feb 2019

Letter (1)

Letter on behalf of the coalition (following up on coalition's meeting with Minister Harris 28 Feb 2019) clarifiyng points agreed at that meeting

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.

Simon Harris Minister (Department of Health)