Irish Dental Association

Lobbying Organisation Irish Dental Association

Date published 02 Sep, 2020

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 May, 2020 to 31 Aug, 2020

Specific Details Covid-19 and dental crisis

Intended results Support for dentistry

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Fintan Hourihan

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 (6-10)

Letters sent to Ministers for Health Mr Simon Harris TD and Mr Stephen Donnelly TD. Communication was primarily by email, as follows~: May 8th Letter to Minister for Health May 14 Letter to Minister for Health May 20 Email to Minister for Health May 27 Letter to Minister for Health June 2 Letter to Minister for Health June 9 Letter to Minister for Health June 30 Letter to Minister for Health July 22 Letter to Minister for Health July 30 Letter to Minister for Health August 26th Letter to Minister for Health August 28th Letter to Minister for Health

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)

Stephen Donnelly Minister (Department of Health)