Mental Health Reform (Mental Health Reform)

Lobbying Organisation Mental Health Reform

Date published 21 Sep, 2020

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 May, 2020 to 31 Aug, 2020

Specific Details To advocate for legislative change and increased public funding for mental health.

Intended results Change in mental health law and increased funding for the mental health system

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Ray Burke

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 TDs 22/05/2020

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Virtual Meeting (2-5)

05/05/2020 - Deputy Pat Buckley 05/05/2020 - Deputy James Browne 07/05/2020 - Minister Simon Harris 16/07/2020 - Minister of State Mary Butler

Email (2-5)

07/07/2020 - Minister of State Mary Butler 09/07/2020 - Taoiseach Michéal Martin

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.

Pat Buckley TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mary Butler Minister of State (Department of Health)

Micheál Martin An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)

James Browne TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Simon Harris Minister (Department of Health)