Heart Children Ireland (Heart Children)

Lobbying Organisation Heart Children Ireland

Date published 30 Aug, 2023

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Banking and Financial Institutions

Period 1 May, 2023 to 31 Aug, 2023

Specific Details To alert representatives to the plight of people with congenital heart disease who are unable to secure life assurance cover and therefore unable to get a mortgage.

Intended results To receive some notification/acknowledgement that are aware of this discrimination against people with life-long medical conditions

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity sheila carol campbell

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)

No reply received

Email (1)

No reply received

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.

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill Minister of State (Department of Finance)

Deirdre Clune MEP (European Parliament)