The Irish Hospice Foundation

Lobbying Organisation The Irish Hospice Foundation

Date published 20 Sep, 2019

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 May, 2019 to 31 Aug, 2019

Specific Details Public Hospital Mortuaries: Meeting request to discuss upgrade and transformation of all public hospital mortuaries in light of recent reports on Waterford University Hospital

Intended results Building transformation programme for public hospital mortuaries in partnership with IHF's Design & Dignity programme

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.

Letter (2-5)

Letter to An Taoiseach and to Minister Harris regarding recent controversery regarding mortuary and post-mortem provision at Waterford University Hospital

Phone call (1)

Phone call to Minister Harris on the mortuary and post-mortem provision at Waterford Hospital controversy

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.

Leo Varadkar Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)

Simon Harris Minister (Department of Health)