Irish Medical Organisation

Lobbying Organisation Irish Medical Organisation

Date published 21 Sep, 2020

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 May, 2020 to 31 Aug, 2020

Specific Details Covid 19 Policy response

Intended results Investment in public health capacity including the immediate awarding of consultant status to public health specialists and the full implementation of the Crowe Horwath, Final Report to the Department of Health on the Role, Training and Career Structures of Public Health Physicians, April 2018 investment in acute bed capacity including Immediate expansion of physical capacity through investment in temporary builds; financing of a programme of Investment in 5,000 additional public acute beds and stand alone hospitals for elective care; increase critical care capacity by at least 300 intensive care beds; options to ensure that NTPF funding is used to the maximum benefit of patients and the taxpayer; address waiting lists through targeted measures to recruit and retain doctors to work in the health service; address the two-tier consultant pay disparity; ensure all SPRs are General Practice in the shift of care to the community: including access to diagnostic, radiology and laboratory departments; Immediate reopening of AMUs and ASUs with clear referral pathways; • Supports for GPs to employ additional GPs, practice nurses and other support staff and supports for newly establishing GPs; develop and resource telephone triage/telemedicine in GP Invest in appropriate medical and social care needs for our older population; Urgently increase the number of rehabilitative care beds and home care supports including intensive home care packages to allow older people remain at home as long as possible; • Where nursing home is required Invest in a holistic approach to care with input from a range of specialties like geriatricians, and public health as well as a programme of GP that reflects the complexity of care required Invest in ehealth including electronic patient records across all hospitals and community health centres which will allow for imbedding of national summary patient records; • Upgrade IT infrastructure to support safe remote-consultations and remote multi-disciplinary team-working; • Ensure on-going investment and cooperation in the development of eHealth in General Practice in line with the the agreement between the IMO, the HSE and the Dept of Health.; Investment is needed in prevention including increased Community medical staffing levels to maintain the quality and safety of child health and vaccination programmes; invest in the roll-out of a total population flu-vaccination programme in General Practice accompanied by a public education campaign ; Investment in diagnostics and treatment pathways to support national screening programmes.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Ms Susan Clyne, CEO, Irish Medical Organisation

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.

Submission (2-5)

three submissions and two meetings with the oireachtas special committee on the covid 19 response

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.

Colm Burke Senator (Seanad)

Louise O'Reilly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Colm Brophy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Matt Carthy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

David Cullinane TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Collins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Cormac Devlin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Pearse Doherty TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Neasa Hourigan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paul McAuliffe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael McNamara TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Fergus O'Dowd TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Pádraig O'Sullivan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Matt Shanahan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Róisín Shorthall TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Bríd Smith TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Duncan Smith TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mary Butler TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Norma Foley TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John McGuinness TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Stephen Donnelly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ossian Smyth TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)