Home and Community Care Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Home and Community Care Ireland

Date published 20 Jan, 2023

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Sep, 2022 to 31 Dec, 2022

Specific Details Meetings and Request for Meetings on Home Care Issues

Intended results To discuss issues related to home care, including recruitment, statutory home support scheme, HSE home support tender 2023, and pandemic special recognition payment

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Joseph Musgrave

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.

Virtual Meeting (2-5)

Meeting with Minister of Older People and Mental Health Mary Butler x2 Meeting with Duncan Smith TD Meeting with Chris Andrews TD

Email (11-20)

Emails with office of Mary Butler, Duncan Smith & Chris Andrews to arrange meeting. Emails to office David Cullinane to request 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)

Duncan Smith TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Chris Andrews TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

David Cullinane TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)