Irish Cancer Society

Lobbying Organisation Irish Cancer Society

Date published 21 Jan, 2022

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Sep, 2021 to 31 Dec, 2021

Specific Details Debt collection

Intended results To understand HSE and individual hospital expenditure on debt collection agencies and the practice of hospitals using of debt collection agencies to chase these fees.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Suzanne Dowd (Advocacy 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?) 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.

Email (6-10)

4 emails from Suzanne Dowd to Deputy Emer Higgins 04.11.2021-30.11.2021 with parliamentary question request 3 emails from Suzanne Dowd to Deputy Catherine Murphy 02.11.21-03.11.21 following up on response to parliamentary question request

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.

Emer Higgins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Catherine Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)