Irish Cancer Society

Lobbying Organisation Irish Cancer Society

Date published 20 May, 2022

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Jan, 2022 to 30 Apr, 2022

Specific Details Tobacco and e-cigarettes

Intended results To provide evidence relating to certain interpretations of Healthy Ireland's figures relating to e-cigarettes and smoking; To raise awareness of the impact of flavouring, marketing, packaging and advertising of e-cigarettes on children; To seek support for ICS proposals to ban flavoured e-cigarettes, extend tobacco advertising restrictions to e-cigarettes and to extend plain packaging on tobacco to e-cigarettes To share information relating to the growing body of evidence around e-cigarette flavours and the gateway effect to tobacco addiction

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Paul Gordon

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 (11-20)

1 email to Deputy David Cullinane, 15.02.22; 1 email to Senator Annie Hoey, 14.02.22; 1 email to Deputy Róisín Shortall, 14.02.22; 2 emails to Deputy Neasa Hourigan, 15.02.22; 1 e-mail each sent by Paul Gordon on behalf of Averil Power, CEO, Irish Cancer Society and Tim Collins, CEO, Irish Heart Foundation, to Deputies Colm Burke, Róisín Shortall, Bernard Durkan, Neasa Hourigan, David Cullinane, Cathal Crowe, Sean Crowe, Gino Kenny, John Lahart, and Senators Sean Kyne, Martin Conway, Annie Hoey, Frances Black and Lorraine Clifford-Lee, 28.02.22

Informal communication (1)

1 WhatsApp message to Deputy Róisín Shortall, 15.02.22;

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)

Annie Hoey Senator (Seanad)

Róisín Shorthall TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Neasa Hourigan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Colm Burke TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Bernard Durkan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Cathal Crowe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Crowe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Gino Kenny TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John Lahart TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Kyne Senator (Seanad)

Martin Conway Senator (Seanad)

Frances Black Senator (Seanad)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee Senator (Seanad)