Kathleen O'Meara Public Affairs Consultant

Lobbying Organisation Kathleen O'Meara Public Affairs Consultant

Date published 20 Jan, 2023

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Sep, 2022 to 31 Dec, 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 gather support among members of the Oireachtas to ask the Minister for Health to initiate a process to develop a national hearing strategy.

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.

Meeting (31-50)

Conversations took place with members of the Oireachtas in Leinster House and Leinster House 2000 on Wednesday October 19th 2022.

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.

Noel Grealish TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Marc MacSharry TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Martin Browne TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Moynihan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paul Donnelly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Timmy Dooley Senator (Seanad)

Jackie Cahill TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Canney TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jerry Buttimer Senator (Seanad)

Joe McHugh TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Victor Boyhan Senator (Seanad)

Richard Bruton TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Pauline O'Reilly Senator (Seanad)

Seán Crowe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Collins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Marie Sherlock Senator (Seanad)

Steven Matthews TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Duncan Smith TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mary Lou McDonald TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Tom Clonan Senator (Seanad)

Vincent P Martin Senator (Seanad)

Gerard Craughwell Senator (Seanad)

Colm Burke TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Martin Conway Senator (Seanad)

Joe Flaherty TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Holly Cairns TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paddy Burke Senator (Seanad)

Paul Kehoe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Cathal Crowe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)