Relevant Matter
Public policy or programme
Public Policy Area
Health
Period
1 Jan, 2020 to 30 Apr, 2020
Specific Details
We contacted all candidates in the General Election seeking their support for matters important to people with epilepsy and their families.
Intended results
We asked that if elected/re-elected that they would commit to working on these issues impacting people with epilepsy and their families in their constituencies and that they would share a social media post outlining their full support for these matters.
Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity
Peter Murphy
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
Mass communications
Email All Oireachtas Members
Emails were sent individually to each GE candidate in this target group asking for their support of issues affecting people with epilepsy as outlined below. Those who shared their support on social media were publicly thanked.
This communication can be found on our website at this link: https://www.epilepsy.ie/content/epilepsy-ireland-general-election-campaign-ge2020
Email All Senators
Emails were sent individually to each GE candidate in this target group asking for their support of issues affecting people with epilepsy as outlined below. Those who shared their support on social media were publicly thanked.
This communication can be found on our website at this link: https://www.epilepsy.ie/content/epilepsy-ireland-general-election-campaign-ge2020
Email All TDs
Emails were sent individually to each GE candidate in this target group asking for their support of issues affecting people with epilepsy as outlined below. Those who shared their support on social media were publicly thanked.
This communication can be found on our website at this link: https://www.epilepsy.ie/content/epilepsy-ireland-general-election-campaign-ge2020
Email All MEPs
Emails were sent individually to each GE candidate from this target group asking for their support of issues affecting people with epilepsy as outlined below. Those who shared their support on social media were publicly thanked.
This communication can be found on our website at this link: https://www.epilepsy.ie/content/epilepsy-ireland-general-election-campaign-ge2020
Email All Local Authority Members
Emails were sent individually to each GE candidate from this target group asking for their support of issues affecting people with epilepsy as outlined below. Those who shared their support on social media were publicly thanked.
This communication can be found on our website at this link: https://www.epilepsy.ie/content/epilepsy-ireland-general-election-campaign-ge2020
Email All Councillors
Emails were sent individually to each GE candidate from this target group asking for their support of issues affecting people with epilepsy as outlined below. Those who shared their support on social media were publicly thanked.
This communication can be found on our website at this link: https://www.epilepsy.ie/content/epilepsy-ireland-general-election-campaign-ge2020
Lobbying activity
The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.
Email (2-5)
Emails were sent individually to each candidate asking for their support as outlined above.
Those who shared their support on social media were publicly thanked. Follow-up queries based on our original communication were answered by email.
Designated public officials lobbied
There were no DPOs directly lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area.