Samaritans Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Samaritans Ireland

Date published 29 Apr, 2020

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Jan, 2020 to 30 Apr, 2020

Specific Details Call Behaviour Analysis for Information to ESRI/NPHET

Intended results Include Samaritans caller patterns in ESRI behavioural analysis studies when studying impacts of COVID-19 on public

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Ciaran Moore

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 (2-5)

Provided slides on Samaritans caller data patterns to Pete Lunn from ESRI who fed into NPHET for our callers to be considered when they are looking at the impacts of COVID-19 on behavioural changes

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.

Tony Holohan Chief Medical Officer (Department of Health)