Multiple Sclerosis Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Multiple Sclerosis Ireland

Date published 20 May, 2022

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Jan, 2022 to 30 Apr, 2022

Specific Details The MS Care Centre Business Case - Due to a decrease in both statutory and fundraised income our care centre opens only 40 weeks per year. To return to opening 50 weeks per year, providing an additional 1,128 bed nights we sought an additional €600,000 in annual statutory funding.

Intended results To secure additional annual statutory funding of €600,000 to open our care centre 50 weeks per year.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Ava Battles, Chief Executive MS 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? Yes

What is the directive you gave to the grassroots campaigners? We asked campaigners, both staff and members to contact their local TD's and Senators requesting that they support MS Ireland's request for further statutory funding for the MS Care Centre - as discussed in the MS Care Centre Business Case - http://www.ms-society.ie/south-dublin-and-wicklow/blogs/2373

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Mass communications

Email All Oireachtas Members Emails were sent to local representatives seeking their support of MS Ireland's request for further statutory funding for the MS Care Centre - http://www.ms-society.ie/south-dublin-and-wicklow/blogs/2373

Social Media All Oireachtas Members Posts on our website directing our members to this grassroots campaign - http://www.ms-society.ie/south-dublin-and-wicklow/blogs/2373

Informal communication All Oireachtas Members Through informal communications we directed our members to this grassroots campaign - http://www.ms-society.ie/south-dublin-and-wicklow/blogs/2373

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (1)

We directed our members to a campaign which may have resulted in them sending an email to their local representatives on this issue - http://www.ms-society.ie/south-dublin-and-wicklow/blogs/2373

Designated public officials lobbied

There were no DPOs directly lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area.