Alcohol Action Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Alcohol Action Ireland

Date published 09 Sep, 2025

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 May, 2025 to 31 Aug, 2025

Specific Details Alcohol policy development

Intended results New strategy for alcohol including the establishment of an Alcohol Office to drive coherent policy development across government.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Eoin Ryan, Sheila Gilheany

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? 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)

Emails sent to selected DPOs listed below.

Meeting (2-5)

Meetings held with Senator Dee Ryan (2 July 2025) and Senator Malcolm Noonan (13 May 2025) in Leinster House.

Event / Reception (1)

Recovery Reimagined event in Trinity College Dublin 23 June 2025- brief encounter with Senator Aubrey McCarthy

Phone call (1)

Phone call with Senator Aubrey McCarthy

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.

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Dee Ryan Senator (Seanad)

Malcolm Noonan Senator (Seanad)

Pádraig Rice TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Aubrey McCarthy Senator (Seanad)