Alan McMenamin

Lobbying Organisation Alan McMenamin

Date published 20 Dec, 2016

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Sep, 2016 to 31 Dec, 2016

Specific Details Lobbied Minister for Health Simon Harris with SOS Executive Members 12/12/16 in Letterkenny

Intended results To ask the Minister to get answers to HSE Plans, review funding of such projects (PPP) and to ensure that funding for the 3 Hospitals is found and continued

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Alan McMenamin, John Quinn, John O Connor, Fr John Joe Duffy

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 in Letterkenny General Hospital on 12 December 2016 at approx. 3.35pm to approx. 4.15pm. To offer brief 17 page discussion document, outline the Save Our Services stance, Seek solutions and impress upon Minister to visit/revisit the decision to "Replace 3 Community Hospitals" in East Donegal for the sake of a Public Private Partnership business model encompassing a New Letterkenny Nursing Unit Minister agreed to meet with the group in the New Year to discuss further. minister also stated that he is due to receive plans from the HSE on all availability bed capacity (all hospitals-acute-community) in Ireland by Jan 2017 and to receive a report on the proposed plan for the PPP.

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)