Purple House Cancer Support

Lobbying Organisation Purple House Cancer Support

Date published 19 May, 2016

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Jan, 2016 to 30 Apr, 2016

Specific Details General Election 2016 - Purple Pledge Campaign to secure funding for Cancer Support services in Ireland. We emailed every general election canditate in our area and asked them to sign our Purple Pledge, a commitment to work with us if they are elected to Government, to secure long term funding from the HSE for the services of Purple House Cancer Support.

Intended results To secure sustainable long term HSE funding for Purple House Cancer Support

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity CEO Veronica O'Leary

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 ask their local general election candidate to support our Purple Pledge Campaign

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (1)

We emailed each canditate a copy of our Purple Pledge and asked them to sign it and return to us via email.

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)

Andrew Doyle TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Stephen Donnelly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Anne Ferris TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Billy Timmins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Richard Boyd Barrett TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jennifer Cuffe Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Pat Casey Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Joe Behan Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Steven Matthews Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Carrie Smyth Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Cormac Devlin Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Maria Bailey Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Mary Hanafin Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Ossian Smyth Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Shane O'Brien Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Alan Shatter TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Alex White TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Josepha Madigan Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Peter Matthews TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Shane Ross TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)