The Alzheimer Society of Ireland

Lobbying Organisation The Alzheimer Society of Ireland

Date published 21 Jan, 2025

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Sep, 2024 to 31 Dec, 2024

Specific Details General Election 2024

Intended results Sign up all election candidates (Oireachtas and External) for our six-point election pledge.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Philippe Carr, Advocacy Manager Alzheimer Society of Ireland

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? To encourage all candidates in the 2025 General Election to sign our pledge at www.dementiapledge.ie. To email all candidates in the 2025 General Election in their respective areas to sign our pledge. To speak, meet with (while candidates are campaigning) and call all general election candidates about are pledge and encourage them all to sign-up.

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Mass communications

Letter All Oireachtas Members This is a letter encouraging them to sign up to the pledge with our election manifesto. We also encourage them to tell their fellow party members.

Email All Oireachtas Members Email enuraging them to sign up to the pledge with our election manifesto. Also encourage them to tell their fellow party members. Reminder Emails sent to all candidate (including Oireachtas members). Confirmation letter to all candidates who have signed the pledge. Letter to political party advisors about our pledge. Invitation to all candidates to be photographed with the pledge. Email after the election to candidate returned to the new Oireachtas saying they can still sign the pledge.

Email All Oireachtas Members Invitation to all candidates in the General election to sign the pledge and retweeting/forwarding details of the pledge over social media.

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Meeting (6-10)

Meeting with all Party Leaders (except Socail Democrats, Independent Ireland and Aontu) Michael Martin Simon Harris Ivana Bacik Richard Boyd Barrett Mary Lou McDonald Joan Collins Roderic O'Gorman Catherine Ardagh Cormac Devlin Patrick Costello Joan Collins Meeting to discuss our

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.

Richard Boyd Barrett TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Roderic O'Gorman TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Simon Harris An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)

Micheál Martin Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Catherine Ardagh TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Patrick Costello TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Joan Collins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Moynihan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Cormac Devlin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)