Aileen O'Meara (Aileen O'Meara)

Lobbying Organisation Aileen O'Meara

Date published 21 May, 2018

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Jan. 2018 to 30 Apr. 2018

Specific Details Advice to client Irish College of General Practitioners regarding meetings with Minister for Health re the 8th amendment

Intended results Ensuring Minister was advised on GP views on legislation on abortion services should the existing 8th amendment be repealed

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Dr Richard Brennan, president of the ICGP

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 Minister - I did not attend this.

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)