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 Daffodil Day 2025

Intended results To invite Oireachtas members to an Oireachtas coffee morning to mark Daffodil Day To share cancer related county statistics and services statistics with elected representatives

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity 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? Yes

What is the directive you gave to the grassroots campaigners? To ask the Advocacy Volunteer network to engage with their local elected representatives and encourage attendance at the Oireachtas Daffodil Day event.

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Mass communications

Email All Oireachtas Members Email invitations to the event sent to all Oireachtas members, 18.03.25

Letter All Oireachtas Members Postal correspondence with event invite to all Oireachtas members, 25.03.25

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Event / Reception (1)

Oireachtas event to mark Daffodil Day, 26.03.25. Attendees listed below.

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.

Ivana Bacik TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mark Ward TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Marie Sherlock TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Robert O'Donoghue TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Erin McGreehan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Emer Higgins Minister of State (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)

Pauline Tully Senator (Seanad)

Johnny Guirke TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

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

Pádraig Rice TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Maria Byrne Senator (Seanad)

Mary Butler Government Chief Whip and Minister (Department of the Taoiseach)

James Geoghegan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Collins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

David Cullinane TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn Senator (Seanad)

Paul McAuliffe TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Kyne Senator (Seanad)

Mattie McGrath TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Alan Kelly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Teresa Costello Senator (Seanad)

Laura Harmon Senator (Seanad)

Dara Calleary Minister (Department of Social Protection)

John Lahart TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Barry Heneghan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Brendan Smith TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John Brady TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Sharon Keogan Senator (Seanad)

Claire Kerrane TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Donna McGettigan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Natasha Newsome Drennan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Alison Comyn Senator (Seanad)

Mark Daly Senator (Seanad)

Pat Buckley TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Albert Dolan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Cahill TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Maurice Quinlivan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Martin Daly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Johnny Mythen TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Naoise O'Cearúil TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paul Lawless TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Malcolm Byrne TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ryan O'Meara TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

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

Alice-Mary Higgins Senator (Seanad)

Pa Daly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mary Fitzpatrick Senator (Seanad)

Darren O'Rourke TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Richard O'Donoghue TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Aisling Dempsey TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Conor D McGuinness TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Victor Boyhan Senator (Seanad)

Rose Conway-Walsh TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Diarmuid Wilson Senator (Seanad)

Fiona O'Loughlin Senator (Seanad)

Paul Donnelly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Máire Devine TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Nessa Cosgrove Senator (Seanad)

Mairéad Farrell TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Cathy Bennett TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Matt Carthy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John Connolly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Anne Rabbitte Senator (Seanad)

Micheál Carrigy Senator (Seanad)

Réada Cronin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ciarán Ahern TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ruairí Ó Murchú TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Gary Gannon TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Eileen Flynn Senator (Seanad)

Denise Mitchell TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)