MS North West Therapy Centre Ltd

Lobbying Organisation MS North West Therapy Centre Ltd

Date published 11 Feb, 2016

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Jan, 2016 to 30 Apr, 2016

Specific Details Request for Department of Health funding to help minimise existing operational deficit and help fund further service developments

Intended results To reduce our reliance on fundraising to run North West MS Therapy services. We currently have an SLA with the HSE that partly funds our services

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Board Chairperson and Services Manager

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 (2-5)

Meetings with and phone calls to Deputy Tony McLoughlin to make him aware of our funding position and request his assistance in securing further Department of Health funding.

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.

Tony McLoughlin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)