Headway Brain Injury Services and Support

Lobbying Organisation Headway Brain Injury Services and Support

Date published 17 Sep, 2018

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 May, 2018 to 31 Aug, 2018

Specific Details Health strategy and policy pertaining to neurorehabilitation

Intended results Greater awareness of the needs of people with acquired brain injury in the Southern region.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Liz Owens, Southern Regional Manager, Headway

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)

The meeting invitation was issued in March, but meeting did not take place until July: "Headways clients would like to invite Tánaiste, Simon Coveney, to our training centre in Carrigrohane, Cork, during Brain Awareness Week (5th to 9th March 2018) to hear about their experiences of Headway services following acquired brain injury. Tánaiste Coveney will also get to meet Kieran Loughran, CEO and myself, Liz Owens, Regional Manager, to hear more about Headways work and the challenges for our clients."

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 Coveney Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)