RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland)

Lobbying Organisation RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland)

Date published 20 May, 2016

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Education and Training

Period 1 Jan, 2016 to 30 Apr, 2016

Specific Details The Review of HEA (Higher Education Authority) funded CAO applicants to School of Pharmacy

Intended results To Increase student numbers of HEA funded places to the RCSI School of Pharmacy

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Professor Paul Gallagher, Head of the RCSI School of Pharmacy

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)

An exploratory meeting was held on the 31st of March 2016 with Prof Paul Gallagher, Prof Hannah McGee, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, RCSI and included Tom Boland (CEO of HEA) and Andrew Brownlee (HEA; Head of System Funding). The HEA indicated at the meeting that they were disposed to the proposal to increase number of HEA funded students in the School but that consideration would be given by HEA to the process to be undertaken as part of a proposed business case

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.

Tom Boland CEO (Department of Education and Skills)