Irish Cancer Society

Lobbying Organisation Irish Cancer Society

Date published 20 Sep, 2019

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area EU Affairs

Period 1 May, 2019 to 31 Aug, 2019

Specific Details VAT Flexibility

Intended results To discuss how to support VAT flexibility proposals before Council of the EU, especially in regard to skin cancer prevention potential.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Paul Gordon, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, Irish Cancer Society

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.

Meeting (1)

Meeting with Senator Tim Lombard, 27 August 2019. Paul Gordon (ICS) in attendance.

Email (2-5)

Emails to Senator Tim Lombard, 22 August 2019.

Informal communication (1)

Text message to Tim Lombard, 26 July 2019

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.

Tim Lombard Senator (Seanad)