Irish Cancer Society

Lobbying Organisation Irish Cancer Society

Date published 21 May, 2025

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Jan, 2025 to 30 Apr, 2025

Specific Details National Cancer Strategy

Intended results To inquire, via parliamentary question, when the National Cancer Strategy 2024 implementation report will be made public To inquire, via parliamentary question, the Department’s approach ahead of the end of the current National Cancer Strategy in 2026 To inquire about multi-annual funding commitments for the National Cancer Strategy To discuss National Cancer Strategy funding with the Minister for Health and Department officials

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Suzanne Dowd, Amy Rose Harte, Averil Power

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?) Yes

Current or Former Designated Public Official(s)

Averil Power (Former DPO) Senator (Seanad)

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 (2-5)

Email to Deputy Pádraig Rice, 27.03.25; email to Deputy Duncan Smith, 11.04.25.

Phone call (1)

Phone call with Clare Mungovan 09.01.25

Meeting (2-5)

Meeting with the Minister for Health and Department officials, 30.04.25; meeting with officials from the Department of Health, 20.03.25

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.

Pádraig Rice TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Duncan Smith TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Clare Mungovan Special Advisor (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill Minister (Department of Health)

Tracey Conroy Assistant Secretary (Department of Health)