Home and Community Care Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Home and Community Care Ireland

Date published 21 Sep, 2020

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 May, 2020 to 31 Aug, 2020

Specific Details Congratulations to the Minister for the recent appointment and request for a meeting

Intended results Request for a meeting to explore the home care scheme, and the impact of covid-19 on the home care scheme.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Joseph Musgrave

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)

Letters have been sent to Roderic O’Gorman, Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration, Anne Rabbitte O’Gorman, Minister of State with special responsibility for Disability, Stephen Donnelly, Minister for Health, Séan Fleming, Minister of State for Finance with responsibility for Financial Services, Credit Unions and Insurance and Mary Butler, Minister of State with responsibility for Mental Health and Older People.

Meeting (1)

A virtual meeting with Mary Butler, Minister of State with responsibility for Mental Health and Older People, took place in July 2020.

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.

Mary Butler Minister of State (Department of Health)

Stephen Donnelly Minister (Department of Health)

Anne Rabbitte Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)

Roderic O'Gorman Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)

Sean Fleming Minister of State (Department of Finance)