Sisu Clinic (Sisu Clinic)

Lobbying Organisation Sisu Clinic

Date published 20 Jan, 2022

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Sep, 2021 to 31 Dec, 2021

Specific Details Aesthetic Medicine Legislation

Intended results Create legislation that responsibly governs cosmetic medicine, namely injectable treatments, and adds age restrictions so that individuals under the age of 18 cannot receive injectable treatments unless medically necessary. The Health Products Regulatory Authority has indicated the matter of who can administer injectable filler treatments and to whom is a question of legislation, not enforcement, at present.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Dr. Brian Cotter

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 (1)

Call for legislation around aesthetic medicine treatments and age restrictions. Letter was dated October 19, 2021.

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.

Stephen Donnelly Minister (Department of Health)

Stephen Donnelly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)