ARC Cancer Support Centres (ARC Cancer Support Centres)

Lobbying Organisation ARC Cancer Support Centres

Date published 15 Jan, 2024

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Sep, 2023 to 31 Dec, 2023

Specific Details Enquired as to how much of the EUR3m allocated to our alliance was to go to our organisation

Intended results Find out how much money was allocated to our organisation

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Deirdre Grant

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 (2-5)

I emailed Minister Donnelly’s office on the 13th of October and Jennifer Carroll MacNeills office on the 9th of November to see if they could tell me how much of the 3 million that was allocated to our alliance of cancer support centres was to go to our organisation. I heard nothing back.

Phone call (1)

I phoned Minister Donnelly’s office on the 13th of October and left a voicemail wondering how much of hte EUR3m that was allocated to our alliance of cancer support centres was to go to our organisation. I didn’t receive a call back.

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.

Stephen Donnelly Minister (Department of Health)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)