Jack and Jill Children's Foundation

Lobbying Organisation Jack and Jill Children's Foundation

Date published 17 Jan, 2019

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Sep, 2018 to 31 Dec, 2018

Specific Details Request for a meeting sent to Simon Harris, T.D. Minister for Health from the coalition of children's palliative care service providers and consultants in specialist paediatric palliative care. The purpose of the meeting post-budget was to outline progress and discuss current challenges

Intended results To discuss progress and challenges in specialist paediatric palliative care and to explore how the Children's Palliative Care Programme can be fully implemented as speedily as possible

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Carmel Doyle, CEO, The Jack & Jill Children's Foundation

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)

Request to meet the Minister post-budget to outline progress in the area of children's palliative care and to discuss current challenges. To explore with the Minister how the Children's Palliative Care Programme can be fully implanted as speedily as possible

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)