Irish Cancer Society

Lobbying Organisation Irish Cancer Society

Date published 21 Jan, 2019

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Sep, 2018 to 31 Dec, 2018

Specific Details Inpatient Charges

Intended results Abolition of inpatient charges

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Donal Buggy, Head of Services and Strategic Implementation

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? Yes

What is the directive you gave to the grassroots campaigners? To sign a petition to support the abolition of inpatient charges, and where requested by signatories, for their local TD to contact them accordingly

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Mass communications

Email All TDs An email was sent to all TDs highlighting the Society's campaign to abolish the charges and asking for support on 2 October 2018

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (11-20)

As a result of the campaign a number of TDs made representations on the behalf of the Irish Cancer Society, and this included e-mails to: Billy Kelleher 18/10/2018 Seán Haughey 16/10/2018 Roisin Shortall 16/10/2018 Thomas P Broughan 9/10/2018 Catherine Connolly 9/10/2018 Mick Barry 22/11/2018 Tommy Broughan 05/11/2018 Michael D'Arcy 21/11/2018 Sean Canney 21/11/2018 Róisín Shortall 23/10/2018 Bernard Durkan 16/10/2018 Seán Crowe 16/10/2018 Kate O'Connell 16/10/2018 Pat Deering 16/10/2018 Enda Kenny 08/10/2018 Denis Naughten 16/10/2018 Pat Casey 16/10/2018 Mary Butler 16/12/2018

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.

Seán Haughey TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Catherine Connolly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Róisín Shortall TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Billy Kelleher TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Tommy Broughan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael D'Arcy Minister of State (Department of Finance)

Mick Barry TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Canney TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Róisín Shorthall TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Bernard Durkan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Crowe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Kate O'Connell TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Pat Deering TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Enda Kenny TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Denis Naughten Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)

Pat Casey TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mary Butler TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)