Irish Cancer Society

Lobbying Organisation Irish Cancer Society

Date published 21 May, 2021

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Jan, 2021 to 30 Apr, 2021

Specific Details Introductory meetings with volunteer Irish Cancer Society grassroots Advocacy Champions

Intended results To invite local TDs to an introductory meeting with the grassroots Advocacy Champion from their local constituency; To schedule and set an agenda for these meetings; To generally raise political awareness of the difficulties cancer patients, their carers and their families face.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Rachel Morrogh, Director of Advocacy and External Affairs

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? Yes

What is the directive you gave to the grassroots campaigners? To contact their local TDs and organise an introductory meeting, laying the groundwork for future grassroots lobbying efforts on matters of importance to cancer patients, their carers and their families.

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Letter (11-20)

The following letters were sent by Irish Cancer Society paid staff: Letters 15.2.21 to Joan Collins TD, Patrick Costello TD, Brid Smith TD, Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD, Reada Cronin TD, Bernard Durkan TD, James Lawless TD, Catherine Murphy TD, Minister of State Martin Heydon TD, Cathal Berry TD, Patricia Ryan TD, Sean O Feargail TD, Pa Daly TD, Minister Norma Foley TD, Brendan Griffin TD, Danny Healy-Rae TD, Michael Healy-Rae TD, Richard Boyd Barrett TD, Ossian Smyth TD, Jennifer Carrolll MacNeill TD, Cormac Devlin TD, Thomas Byrne TD, Minister Helen McEntee TD, Darren O'Rourke TD.

Email (100+)

The following emails were sent by Irish Cancer Society volunteer grassroots Advocacy Champions: 5 emails to Joe Carey TD 15.1.21-23.2.21; 3 emails to Cathal Crowe TD 2.2.21-18.2.21; 3 emails to Violet-Anne Wynne TD 2.2.21-8.2.21; 2 emails to Michael McNamara TD 2.2.21-9.2.21; email to Pat Buckley TD 29.3.21; email to David Stanton TD 29.3.21; email to James O’Connor TD 29.3.21; email to Sean Sherlock TD 29.3.21; email to Minister Simon Coveney 15.1.21; 2 emails to An Taoiseach Mícheál Martin 15.1.21-3.3.21; email to Minister Michael McGrath 15.1.21; 2 emails to Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire TD 15.1.21-23.3.21; email to Joe McHugh TD 16.2.21; email to Minister Charlie McConalogue 24.3.21; email exchange with Pearse Doherty TD 25.1.21-2.2.21; email exchange with Thomas Pringle TD 22.2.21-5.3.21; email exchange with Richard Bruton TD 17.2.21-23.2.21; email exchange with Sean Haughey TD 17.2.21-23.2.21; email exchange with Cian O’Callaghan TD 8.2.21-16.3.21; [continued below]

Email (100+)

[continued] email exchange with Cian O’Callaghan TD 8.2.21-16.3.21; email to Denise Mitchell TD 19.3.21; ; email exchange with Minister Paschal Donohue 3.1.21-6.1.21; email exchange with Minister Paschal Donohue 2.4.21-26.4.21; email exchange with Mary Lou McDonald TD 3.1.21-24.2.21; email exchange with Róisín Shortall TD 6.1.21-31.3.21; email exchange with Paul McAuliffe 6.1.21-12.2.21; email exchange with Dessie Ellis TD 6.1.21-23.2.21; email exchange with Minister Catherine Martin 12.2.21-18.2.21; email exchange with Minister Josepha Madigan 27.1.21-29.1.21; email to Neale Richmond TD 14.1.21; email to Bríd Smith TD 10.3.21; email to Joan Collins TD 10.3.21; email exchange with Patrick Costello 10.3.21-24.3.21; email to Aengus Ó Snodaigh 10.3.21; email exchange with Minister Anne Rabbitte 19.1.21-20.1.21; email to Ciarán Cannon TD 19.1.21; email to Sean Canney TD 19.1.21; email exchange with Catherine Connolly TD 18.1.21-11.2.21; email to Mairéad Farrell 18.1.21;

Email (100+)

[continued] email exchange with Minister Hildegarde Naughton 18.1.21-11.2.21; email to Noel Grealish TD 18.1.21; email to Éamon Ó Cuív TD 18.1.21; email to Darren O’Rourke TD 9.3.21; email to Minister Helen McEntee 9.3.21; email to Minister Thomas Byrne 9.3.21; email to Kieran O’Donnell TD 17.2.21; email to Willie O’Dea TD 17.2.21; email to Maurice Quinlivan TD 17.2.21; 2 emails to Brian Leddin TD 17.2.21-23.3.21; email to Peter Fitzpatrick TD 19.1.21; email to Imelda Munster TD 19.1.21; email to Ged Nash TD 19.1.21; email to Fergus O’Dowd TD 19.1.21; email to Ruairí Ó Murchú TD 19.1.21; 2 emails to James Lawless TD 2.3.21-16.3.21; 2 emails to Bernard Durcan TD 5.3.21-21.3.21; email to Catherine Murphy TD 1.3.21; 3 emails to Réada Cronin TD 1.3.21-26.3.21; email to Peader Tóibín TD 13.1.21; email exchange with Minister Damien English 18.3.21-19.3.21; email to Johnny Guirke TD 18.3.21; email to Marc McSharry TD 25.1.21;

Email (100+)

[continued] email to Martin Kenny TD 25.1.21; email exchange with Minister Frank Feighan 25.1.21-26.1.21; email exchange with Marian Harkin TD 25.1.21-29.1.21; email exchange with Minister Simon Harris 10.2.21-26.3.21; email exchange with Jennifer Whitmore TD 19.2.21-2.3.21; email exchange with John Brady TD 10.2.21-8.4.21; email to Minister Stephen Donnelly 10.2.21.

Phone call (6-10)

The following phone calls were made by grassroots volunteer Advocacy Champions: Phone call to Minister Simon Coveney 31.3.21; phone call to Violet-Anne Wynne TD 2.2.21; phone call to An Taoiseach Mícheál Martin 31.3.21; phone call to Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire TD 31.3.21; phone call to Minister Charlie McConalogue 30.4.21; phone call to Pádraig Mac Lochlainn TD 29.1.21; phone call to Minister Josepha Madigan 27.1.21.

Letter (2-5)

The following letters were sent by grassroots volunteer Advocacy Champions: Letter to Joe McHugh TD 20.1.21; letter to Minister Charlie McConalogue 20.1.21; letter to Pádraig Mac Lochlainn TD 20.1.21; letter to Pearse Doherty TD 20.1.21; letter to Thomas Pringle TD 20.1.21.

Informal communication (2-5)

The following informal communications were sent by grassroots volunteer Advocacy Champions: Social media message to Minister Anne Rabbitte 9.1.21; social media message to Seán Canney TD 9.1.21; social media message to Ciaran Cannon TD 9.1.21; WhatsApp message exchange with Minister Catherine Martin 12.2.21.

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.

Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Anne Rabbitte Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)

Bernard Durkan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Brendan Griffin Minister of State (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)

Brian Leddin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Bríd Smith TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Cathal Berry TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Cathal Crowe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Catherine Connolly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Catherine Martin Minister (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)

Catherine Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Charlie McConalogue Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Cian O'Callaghan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ciarán Cannon Minister of State for the Diaspora and Overseas Development Aid (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Cormac Devlin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Damien English Minister of State (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)

Danny Healy-Rae TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Darren O'Rourke TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

David Stanton TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Denise Mitchell TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Dessie Ellis TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Éamon Ó Cuív TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

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

Frank Feighan Minister of State (Department of Health)

Ged Nash TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Helen McEntee Minister (Department of Justice)

Hildegarde Naughton Minister of State (Department of Transport)

Imelda Munster TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

James Lawless TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

James O'Connor TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jennifer Whitmore TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Joan Collins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Joe Carey TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Joe McHugh TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John Brady TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Johnny Guirke TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Josepha Madigan Minister of State (Department of Education)

Kieran O'Donnell TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mairéad Farrell TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Marc MacSharry TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Marian Harkin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Martin Kenny TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mary Lou McDonald TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Maurice Quinlivan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Healy-Rae TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael McGrath Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Michael McNamara TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Neale Richmond TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Noel Grealish TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Norma Foley Minister (Department of Education)

Martin Heydon Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Ossian Smyth Minister of State (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Pa Daly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Padráig Mac Lochlainn TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paschal Donohoe Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)

Pat Buckley TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Patricia Ryan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Patrick Costello TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paul McAuliffe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Peadar Tóibín TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Pearse Doherty TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Peter Fitzpatrick TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Réada Cronin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Richard Boyd Barrett TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Richard Bruton TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Róisín Shorthall TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ruairí Ó Murchú TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Canney TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Haughey TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Sherlock TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Simon Coveney Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Simon Harris TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Stephen Donnelly Minister (Department of Health)

Thomas Byrne Minister of State (Department of the Taoiseach)

Thomas Pringle TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Violet Anne Wynne TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)