Royal College of Physicians of Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Royal College of Physicians of Ireland

Date published 19 Sep, 2025

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 May, 2025 to 31 Aug, 2025

Specific Details Engagement with Oireachtas members on health policy issues

Intended results To inform health policy

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Siobhan creaton

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)

Siobhan creaton (Former DPO) Special Adviser (Department of Education and Skills)

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Mass communications

Email All Oireachtas Members RCPI Faculty of Paediatrics position paper on online safety for children and young people circulated to all Oireachtas members

Meeting All Oireachtas Members RCPI joined a briefing from Alcohol Health Alliance on health information labelling of alcohol products at Leinster House

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Letter (2-5)

Invitation issued to the Minister for Health to speak at the RCPI annual conference

Email (1)

RCPI pre-Budget submission sent to Minister for Finance and the Oireachtas Health Committee

Meeting (1)

RCPI was part of a delegation from Alcohol Health Alliance, that met with the Minister for Health to discuss health information labelling of alcohol products

Letter (1)

RCPI President wrote to the Taoiseach to express support for the Government's international efforts to bring peace to nations impacted by war and devastation, including Ukraine and Gaza

Letter (1)

RCPI Clinical Advisory Group on Tobacco co-signed a letter to the Minister for Finance with Irish Heart Foundation and ASH Ireland about recent taxation paper.

Email (2-5)

RCPI is a member of Alcohol Health Alliance, the Health Promotion Alliance, the Tobacco 21 Alliance and the Climate and Health Alliance which post separate lobbying returns

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.

Jack Chambers Minister (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)

Paschal Donohoe Minister (Department of Finance)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill Minister (Department of Health)

Micheál Martin Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Simon Harris Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)

Pádraig Rice TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Colm Burke TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Cahill TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Sorca Clarke TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

David Cullinane TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Martin Daly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Pádraig O'Sullivan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Marie Sherlock TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)