Kathleen O'Meara Public Affairs Consultant

Lobbying Organisation Kathleen O'Meara Public Affairs Consultant

Date published 12 Sep, 2022

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 May, 2022 to 31 Aug, 2022

Specific Details The need for a national strategy and plan to address deficits in the provision of supports around adult hearing loss provision.

Intended results To gain support from members of the Oireachtas, including members of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health, to influence the Department of Health to set up a working group to begin the process of developing a strategy to address deficits in supports around adult hearing loss To get support from a member of the Oireachtas to organise an event in Leinster House to draw attention to deficits in strategy and supports around adult hearing loss.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Kathleen O'Meara

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? Yes

Client(s)

Client 1

Company name CHIME

CRO number (if applicable)

Company address 35 North Frederick Street, Dublin 1 D01W592

Main business or activity Health

Company website www.chime.ie

Contact email address info@chime.ie

Contact phone number 01 8175700

Contact address 35 North Frederick Street, Dublin 1

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Informal communication (2-5)

Conversations took place in Leinster House and Leinster House 2000 on Wednesday July 13th 2022

Meeting (1)

A meeting was scheduled with Senator Annie Hoey and took place in Leinster House 2000

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.

Kathleen Funchion TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Crowe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Annie Hoey Senator (Seanad)

Noel Byrne Special Adviser (Department of Health)