Irish Cancer Society

Lobbying Organisation Irish Cancer Society

Date published 21 Jan, 2020

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Sep, 2019 to 31 Dec, 2019

Specific Details Hospital delays to children receiving chemotherapy treatment

Intended results Adequate resourcing of Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin to ensure chemotherapy treatment for children is neither delayed nor cancelled.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Donal Buggy- Head of Services & Strategic Implementation

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.

Letter (1)

Letter sent to Minister Simon Harris on December 18th 2019 co-signed by Donal Buggy of the Irish Cancer Society, Mary-Claire Rennick of the Childhood Cancer Foundation, Jennfer Carpenter of Hand in Hand, John Glynn of the Gavin Glynn Foundation, Patricia McColgan of CanCare 4 Living, and Evelyn Griffith of Canteen.

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)