Movember (Movember Europe )

Lobbying Organisation Movember

Date published 18 May, 2026

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Jan. 2026 to 30 Apr. 2026

Specific Details Campaigning for Men's Health in Ireland

Intended results To support policy makers to invest in programmes and policies that improve health outcomes for men and their communitiies

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Amy O'Connor

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 advocate for a new Men's Health Policy as part of the Healthy Ireland Framework

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (51-100)

Email correspondents with officials on the Real Face of Men's Health campaign, meetings and events.

Meeting (1)

Meeting at the Real Face event in January in Dublin

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.

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill Minister (Department of Health)

Barry Heneghan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Simon Harris An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)

Brendan Smith TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Peter Roche TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Stephen Foley Special Adviser (Department of Health)

Jack O'Donnell Special Adviser (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Eimear Murphy Executive Manager (Health Service Executive)