Irish Heart Foundation (Irish Heart Foundation)

Lobbying Organisation Irish Heart Foundation

Date published 17 Jan, 2023

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Sep, 2022 to 31 Dec, 2022

Specific Details Plans to ban sales of disposable e-cigarettes

Intended results Informal meeting with Minister Ossian Smyth at which the IHF's advocacy work to protect children and teenagers from addiction to e-cigarettes was outlined, along with the rapid increase in youth use of disposable e-cigarettes and our consequent support for them to be banned on health grounds.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Mark Murphy

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)

Informal meeting with Minister of State Ossian Smyth at the UCD Cyberwise event

Email (1)

Follow up email to the Minister of State seeking a formal meeting to discuss the upcoming public consultation on the banning of disposable e-cigarettes

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.

Ossian Smyth Minister of State (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)