Relevant Matter
Public policy or programme
Public Policy Area
Health
Period
1 Jan, 2021 to 30 Apr, 2021
Specific Details
Cross Party Parliamentary Diabetes Committee meetings
Intended results
To seek sustained investment in supporting people living with diabetes and promote a more strategic approach to addressing long-term improvements making huge government cost savings, increase Oireachtas members awareness about the scale and severity of diabetes and its impact on society and to work together to seek ongoing government commitment to a long-term innovative strategic framework for managing diabetes with committed annual funding.
To develop a Cross Party Parliamentary Diabetes sub committee of Oireachtas members to develop a work stream
Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity
Kieran O'Leary, CEO, Diabetes Ireland
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
Mass communications
Email All Oireachtas Members
Invite to join a Cross Party Parliamentary Diabetes Meeting to hear from Diabetes Ireland and Dr Ronan Canavan, Consultant Endocrinologist who shared his real experience of trying to provide a quality diabetes service within current resources and who set out what he and his peers believe must be done in the short and longer term to support diabetes care. He also shared his views on what’s required to ensure HSE ambulatory care hubs can work for the improvement of care for diabetes community.
Email All Oireachtas Members
Invite to join a Cross Party Parliamentary Diabetes sub committee of Oireachtas members to develop a work stream for the larger committee.
Email All Oireachtas Members
Invite to join a Cross Party Parliamentary Diabetes Meeting to receive an update from Diabetes Ireland, Abbott Diabetes Care and Health Tech Ireland on the removal of the age restriction on the Freestyle Blood Glucose System.
Lobbying activity
The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.
Email (2-5)
Invite email to presentation issued.
Email (1)
Invite to join sub-committee issued.
Email (2-5)
Invite email to presentation issued.
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.
Cormac Devlin
TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)