Marie Keating Foundation

Lobbying Organisation Marie Keating Foundation

Date published 21 Jan, 2021

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Sep, 2020 to 31 Dec, 2020

Specific Details Correspondence & meeting with Deputy Cullinane in relation to impact of COVID on cancer care ahead of Dail Health Committee on Cancer Care.

Intended results The intended result was simply to ensure that the patient perspective was represented at the Dail Health Committee and to continue to remind elected representatives that Cancer and those who are diagnosed with it, have not gone away during the pandemic.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Liz Yeates, Jennifer Cimerman, Helen Forristal

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)

Emails to set up a meeting with MKF Senior Team to discuss impact of COVID on cancer patients

Virtual Meeting (1)

Virtual meeting held on 30th Nov with Deputy Cullinane and MKF Senior Team to discuss impact of COVID on cancer patients and all areas of cancer care affected by COVID including screening and the impact of the continued pausing of the service, delays in the symptomatic service and the impact on survivorship and support services.

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.

David Cullinane TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)