Irish Society for Colitis and Crohn's Disease

Lobbying Organisation Irish Society for Colitis and Crohn's Disease

Date published 04 Jan, 2018

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Sep, 2017 to 31 Dec, 2017

Specific Details The ISCC called for Minister for Health, Simon Harris, to at least double the amount of Inflammatory Bowel Disease nurses in Ireland.

Intended results To increase the amount of IBD nurses in 2018.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Bruno Lucas

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?) Yes

Current or Former Designated Public Official(s)

Simon Harris (Currently employed as a DPO) Minister (Department of Health)

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)

The ISCC sent emails to Minister Harris seeking a meeting.

Meeting (1)

Meeting took place between the ISCC and Minsiter Harris on 16th November.

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.

Simon Harris Minister (Department of Health)