Irish Cancer Society

Lobbying Organisation Irish Cancer Society

Date published 21 Jan, 2020

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Sep, 2019 to 31 Dec, 2019

Specific Details General Election 2020

Intended results To influence political parties' election manifesto in advance of General Election 2020

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Averil Power

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)

Averil Power (Former DPO) Senator (Seanad)

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 (6-10)

Letters sent Friday 22nd to An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar TD, Micheal Martin TD, Mary Lou McDonald TD, Brendan Howlin TD, Eamon Ryan TD, Richard Boyd Barrett TD, Roisin Shortall TD, and Peader Toibin TD.

Email (2-5)

3 emails sent on 25th November 2019 to Cllr Neasa Hourigan and Louise O'Reilly TD and John Carroll.

Meeting (1)

Meeting on 17th December 2019 in Leinster House with Louise O'Reilly TD. Paul Gordon and Erich Steyaert present from the Irish Cancer Society.

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 Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)

Micheál Martin Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mary Lou McDonald TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Brendan Howlin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Richard Boyd Barrett TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Róisín Shorthall TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Eamon Ryan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Peadar Tóibín TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Neasa Hourigan Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Louise O'Reilly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John Carroll Head of Unit (Department of the Taoiseach)