Mental Health Reform
Mass communications
Lobbying activity
The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.
Email (2-5)
As a part of the #IAmAReason Budget Campaign to increase government funding for the mental health sector, 2-5 emails were sent to the following DPOs:
1) To Minister Stephen Donnelly, Minister Mary Butler, Senator Mary Seery Kearney on 01/09/2023;
2) To Senator Aisling Dolan and Martin Conway, Senator Frances Black, Gino Kenny TD, Neasa Hourigan TD on 04/09/2023
3) To Minister Mary Butler on 04/09/2023.
Email (1)
As a part of the #IAmAReason Budget Campaign to increase the government funding for mental health sector, one email was sent to Mark Ward TD, Jennifer Whitmore TD and Senator Annie Hoey on 07/09/2023.
Email (1)
One email was sent to Deputy Roisin Shortall
on 11/09/2023 for the intended result 2 - clarification around HSE Mental Health recruitment times.
Email (1)
One email was sent regarding budgetary matters to Deputies Aindrias Moynihan, Pearse Dohertty, Rose Conway Walsh, Patricia Ryan, Mark Ward, Ged Nash, Richard Boyd Barrett, Colm Brophy, Bernard Durkan on 25/09/2023
Email (1)
One email was sent regarding the AV room briefing on MHR's Pre-Budget submission to the following DPOs:
1) Minister Roderic O'Gorman, Joe O'Brien, Senator Mary Seery Kearney, Deputy Thomas Pringle, Joan Collins, Marian Harkin, Michael Fitzmaurice, Michael McNamara, Catherine Connolly, Senator Eileen Flynn on 26/09/2023.
2) Susan Mitchell, SpAd to Minister Donnelly; Minister Stephen Donnelly, Secretary General in Health Robert Watt on 27/09/2023.
Email (1)
One email was sent on 11/10/2023 for the clarifications on the amounts announced for mental health and disability in the Budget 2024 announcements as it was difficult to access further information following Budget Day and press conferences.
DPOs the email sent to are Deputy Seán Canney, Deputy Pearse Doherty, Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh, Deputy Mary Lou McDonald, Deputy Patricia Ryan, Deputy Pauline Tully, Deputy Mark Ward, Deputy David Cullinane, Deputy Brian Leddin.
Informal communication (2-5)
Text messages were sent to the following DPO for increasing government funding for mental health sector:
1) Corona Joyce, Special Adviser to Minister Mary Butler on 04/09/2023.
2) Deputy Mark Ward between 21/09/2023 to 25/09/2023
Text messages were sent to Deputy Mark Ward, Deputy Thomas Pringle, Deputy Paul McAuliffe, Deputy Holly Cairns, Senator Frances Black on 26/09/2023. This was regarding the AV Room Briefing for increase in government funding for mental health sector.
Phone call (1)
One phone call was made to the following DPOs for intended result 1 - Increase in government funding for mental health sector:
1) Senator Mary Seery Kearney on 06/09/2023
2) Deirdre Gillane, Special Adviser to Tánaiste; Fiona O'Connor, Special Adviser to Minister Paschal Donohoe on 27/09/2023
Phone call (2-5)
2-5 phone calls were made to the following DPOs for intended result 1 - Increase in government funding for mental health sector:
1) Susan Mitchell, Special Adviser to Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly on 27/09/2023
2) Mark Ward on 10/09/2023 and 17/10/2023.
Informal communication (1)
One text message was sent to Senator Mary Seery Kearney on 06/09/2023 regarding increasing the government funding for the mental health sector.
Email (1)
One email was sent to Minister of State Hildegarde Naughton on 11/10/2023 for the intended result 3 - improvements in services for children and young people. The email requested for clarification on announcement around Budget of new dual diagnosis hubs for children and young people because no further information was publicly available at the time of the announcement.
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.