Chronic Pain Ireland (Chronic Pain Ireland)

Lobbying Organisation Chronic Pain Ireland

Date published 17 Jan, 2025

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Sep, 2024 to 31 Dec, 2024

Specific Details General Election to pledge support to add chronic pain key asks to the programme for government

Intended results Commitment to include chronic pain key asks on next programme of Government i.e. 1. Increase Number of Chronic Pain Clinics and Multidisciplinary Teams (MDTs) 2. Implement ICD-11 for Chronic Pain Recognition 3. Establish a National Registry for Chronic Pain 4. Universal Medical Card Access for Chronic Pain Patients 5. Better Access to Non-Medication Therapies 6. Improved Employment and Disability Supports for People with Chronic Pain 7. Enhance Education and Public Awareness on Chronic Pain

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Christina Donnelly

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? Yes

What is the directive you gave to the grassroots campaigners? Seeking commitment to CPI's key asks either by contacting their local candidates or when they called to door. Address some of the challenges faced by people living with chronic pain and commit to implementing tangible policy changes. From expanding access to pain management clinics to securing funding for non-medication therapies and ensuring comprehensive pain education, raising questions help guide candidates toward addressing some of the issues impacting the chronic pain community.

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (1)

Emailed political parties and DPO's asking for support / inclusion of key asks in next programme of Government

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.

Duncan Smith TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Angela Feeney Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Helen Uchechukwu Ogbu Councillor (Galway City Council)

Marie Sherlock Senator (Seanad)

Marie Sherlock TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Nessa Cosgrove Councillor (Sligo County Council)

Ivana Bacik TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Eoghan Kenny Councillor (Cork County Council)

John Walsh Councillor (Fingal County Council)

John Daniel Maher Councillor (Cork City Council)

Alan Kelly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mark Wall Senator (Seanad)

Michael Brennan Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

Ciarán Ahern Councillor (South Dublin County Council)

Martha Fanning Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Robert O'Donoghue Councillor (Fingal County Council)

Conor Sheehan Councillor (Limerick City and County Council)

Francis Timmons Councillor (South Dublin County Council)

George Lawlor Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Seán Ó hArgáin Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)

Ged Nash TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Laura Harmon Councillor (Cork City Council)

Lettie McCarthy Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Paul O'Brien Councillor (Wicklow County Council)

Hazel Chu Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Vincent P Martin Senator (Seanad)

Paul Ward Councillor (Kildare County Council)

David Trost Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Robert Power Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Brian O'Loughlin Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Carmel Kelly Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Noel Heavey Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Daragh Fitzpatrick Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Suzanne Doyle Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Brian Dooley Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Bernard Caldwell Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Veralouise Behan Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Aisling Dempsey Councillor (Meath County Council)

Stephen Donnelly Minister (Department of Health)

Bernard Durkan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Joe Neville Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Linda Nelson Murray Councillor (Meath County Council)

Alan Dillon TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Colm Burke TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Catherine Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Aidan Farrelly Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Claire O'Rourke Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Peter Melrose Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Nuala Killeen Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Ronan Moore Councillor (Meath County Council)

Róisín Shorthall TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Peadar Tóibín TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Réada Cronin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Johnny Guirke TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

David Cullinane TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Louis O'Hara TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ger Dunne Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Thomas Pringle TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Canney TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)