Royal College of Physicians of Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Royal College of Physicians of Ireland

Date published 20 May, 2019

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Jan, 2019 to 30 Apr, 2019

Specific Details Correspondence with Minister for Health Simon Harris

Intended results To inform health policy

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Siobhán Creaton, Head of Public Affairs and Advocacy

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?) Yes

Current or Former Designated Public Official(s)

Siobhán Creaton (Former DPO) Special Advisor (Department of Education and Skills)

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.

Letter (1)

Letter from Dr Ellen Crushell, Dean, Faculty of Paediatrics about concerns about the recruitment of doctors for the new Children's Hospital

Letter (1)

Letter from President Prof Mary Horgan nominating Prof Liam Plant to represent RCPI on Sláintecare board

Letter (1)

Letter from President Prof Mary Horgan offering support to Minister Harris to promote vaccines

Letter (1)

Dr Cliona Murphy, Chair of the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists wrote to Minister Harris seeking representation on the working group for contraception

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 of State (Department of Finance)