Irish Cancer Society

Lobbying Organisation Irish Cancer Society

Date published 21 Sep, 2022

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Social Protection

Period 1 May, 2022 to 31 Aug, 2022

Specific Details Maternity Leave entitlements

Intended results To highlight the legislative anomaly in The Maternity Protection Act 2004 for those diagnosed with cancer during pregnancy; To amend legislation to allow maternity leave to be postponed in the event of a cancer diagnosis or serious illness;

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Rachel Morrogh, Clem Fallon

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 (21-30)

1 email to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar as Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment informing of the anomaly in legislation 20.06.22, 1 email to Minister Roderic O'Gorman informing of the anomaly in legislation 20.06.22, 1 email to Deputy Colm Burke, Deputy Bernard Durkan, Minister Heather Humphries, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Deputy Neasa Hourigan, Deputy Marc O'Cathasaigh, Senator Vincent Martin, Senator Roisin Garvey, Deputy David Cullinane, Deputy Louise O'Reilly, Deputy Claire Kerrane, Deputy Reada Cronin, Deputy Roisin Shortall, Deputy Catherine Murphy, Deputy Gary Gannon, Deputy Alan Kelly, Senator Marie Sherlock, Deputy Sean Sherlock with invites to the photo call launch of the "Leave Our Leave" campaign, 3 emails to Deputy Louise O'Reilly, 10.08.22 - 21.08.22 further to the launch, 2 emails to Deputy Neasa Hourigan, 30.06.22 further to the launch.

Informal communication (2-5)

2 WhatsApp messages to Louise O'Reilly, 11.08.22.

Event / Reception (1)

Photo call launch of the #LeaveOurLeave campaign, 23.06.22. Deputy Neasa Hourigan, Deputy Louise O'Reilly, Senator Catherine Ardagh in attendance. Briefing note handed to Paul Donnelly TD outside the Oireachtas, 23.06.22. Briefing document handed to Shane O'Brien (Sinn Féin - Head of Policy) outside the Oireachtas, 23.06.22.

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.

Leo Varadkar Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)

Roderic O'Gorman Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)

Colm Burke TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Bernard Durkan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Heather Humphreys Minister (Department of Social Protection)

Neasa Hourigan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Vincent P Martin Senator (Seanad)

Róisín Garvey Senator (Seanad)

David Cullinane TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Louise O'Reilly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Claire Kerrane TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Réada Cronin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Róisín Shorthall TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Catherine Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Gary Gannon TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Alan Kelly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Marie Sherlock Senator (Seanad)

Seán Sherlock TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Catherine Ardagh Senator (Seanad)

Paul Donnelly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)