St Patrick's Mental Health Services

Lobbying Organisation St Patrick's Mental Health Services

Date published 20 May, 2022

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Jan, 2022 to 30 Apr, 2022

Specific Details An invitation via email and phone was extended to the Minister for Mental Health and Older People to speak at a webinar exploring additional mental health support services for primary schools, and to query if alternatively a meeting with the Minister would be possible to discuss same.

Intended results That the Minister for Mental Health and Older People might speak at a webinar on the topic of mental health supports for primary schools, or would be available to attend a meeting with the CEO to discuss same.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Sinead Makk, Communications Manager in St Patrick's Mental Health Services; Tamara Nolan, Director of Communications and Advocacy.

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 (2-5)

On 20th and 24th January, emails were sent to Minister Mary Butler's office in relation to a campaign by the National Parents Council, supported by St Patrick's Mental Health Services, calling for additional primary school-based mental health supports. An invitation was extended to the Minister to speak at a webinar on this topic, or alternatively to meet with the CEO of St Patrick's Mental Health Services, Paul Gilligan, and the CEO of the National Parents Council to discuss this topic.

Phone call (1)

The Director of Communications and Advocacy, Tamara Nolan, spoke by phone on 28th January with the Minister for Mental Health's support staff on to discuss the possibility of a virtual meeting.

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.

Mary Butler Minister of State (Department of Health)