Irish Dental Association

Lobbying Organisation Irish Dental Association

Date published 18 Jan, 2016

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Sep, 2015 to 31 Dec, 2015

Specific Details European Commission’s Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on medical devices, and amending Directive 2001/83/EC, Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 and Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 (hereinafter “Proposal”).

Intended results Support of the Irish Government for amendments to the proposed Regulation.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Fintan Hourihan, Irish Dental Association CEO

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 (2-5)

Letters sent to Minister Varadkar re EU medical devices regulation (October 12th 2015) and re children's oral health (October 21st 2015)

Letter (2-5)

Invitations issued to Minister Varadkar to attend IDA seminar for HSE dental surgeons in October 2015 and to attend the Sensitive Dentist Awards, December 2015.

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.

Leo Varadkar Minister (Department of Health)