The Irish Hospice Foundation

Lobbying Organisation The Irish Hospice Foundation

Date published 21 May, 2019

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Jan, 2019 to 30 Apr, 2019

Specific Details Request for inclusion of a Bereaved Relatives Survey as part of National Patient Experience Survey suite

Intended results Inclusion of a bereaved relatives survey as part of the National Patient Experience Survey suite

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)

Meeting with Kathleen MacLellan, Asst Sec. DoH

Meeting (1)

Meeting with Dr Brian Creedon, Clinical Lead, National Clinical Programme for Palliative Care

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.

Kathleen MacLellan Assistant Secretary (Department of Health)

Brian Creedon Chief Operations Officer (Department of Health)