Irish Cancer Society

Lobbying Organisation Irish Cancer Society

Date published 21 Jan, 2022

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Sep, 2021 to 31 Dec, 2021

Specific Details Letterkenny Hospital

Intended results To urgently address the challenges in the delivery of gynaecology services at Letterkenny University Hospital Request for update on the national picture of gynaecology services.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Averil Power (Chief Executive Officer)

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?) Yes

Current or Former Designated Public Official(s)

Averil Power (Former DPO) Senator (Seanad)

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.

Letter (1)

Letter addressed to the Minister 19.10.21 appealing for action and oversight from the Department of Health that urgently addresses issues of patient safety and progress the development of national key performance indicators for gynaecology services in Letterkenny hosptial enabling the benchmarking of the quality of services for all women. Request for update on the national picture of gynaecology services.

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.

Stephen Donnelly Minister (Department of Health)