Nasc Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Nasc Ireland

Date published 25 May, 2021

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Jan, 2021 to 30 Apr, 2021

Specific Details Health (Amendment) Bill 2021

Intended results Secure an amendment to the Bill to provide financial assistance to people entering the State under the IHAP programme or as family members of beneficiaries of international protection under section 56 of the International Protection Act 2015.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Fiona Hurley

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

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (6-10)

Follow up emails to TDs who responded to the mass email to thank them for their response and to clarify that the existing provisions in the Bill for asylum seekers and unaccompanied minors would not cover people entering the State under refugee family reunification.

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.

Neasa Hourigan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

David Cullinane TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Thomas Pringle TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Verona Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)