Irish Cancer Society

Lobbying Organisation Irish Cancer Society

Date published 19 Sep, 2025

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 May, 2025 to 31 Aug, 2025

Specific Details Public sunscreen dispensers

Intended results To ask that Councillors bring a motion to a council meeting for budget towards the roll out of sunscreen dispensers in public places. To campaign for the need for sunscreen in public places.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Krista Costello, Millie Whyte

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 reach out to local councillors to bring a motion to their next meeting for budget towards the roll out of sunscreen dispensers in public places.

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (51-100)

Emails to local County Councillors & TD's (as outlined below) including those from Kildare County Council, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown, Monaghan, Louth, Wicklow-Wexford, Dublin City Council, Fingal County Council, Kildare, Dublin West (named below) from 07.07.25

Informal communication (11-20)

SMS/Text sent to members of Wexford Council Council, 22.08.25 - Catherine Biddy Walsh, Darragh McDonald, Ger Carthy, Jim Codd, Joe Sullivan, John O'Rourke, Mary Farrell, Oliver Walsh, Paddy Kavanagh

Meeting (1)

1 meeting with Cllr David Trost, 25.07.25

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.

Veralouise Behan Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Aoife Breslin Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Brian Dooley Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Ivan Keatley Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Mark Leigh Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Bernard Caldwell Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Rupert Heather Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Nuala Killeen Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Claire O'Rourke Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Lumi Panaite Fahey Councillor (Kildare County Council)

David Trost Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Angela Feeney Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Daragh Fitzpatrick Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Tim Durkan Councillor (Kildare County Council)

William Durkan Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Peter Melrose Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Padraig McEvoy Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Paul Ward Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Brendan Wyse Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Pat Balfe Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Suzanne Doyle Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Noel Connolly Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Kevin Duffy Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Noel Heavey Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Tom McDonnell Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Peggy O'Dwyer Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Tracey O'Dwyer Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Brian O'Loughlin Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Chris Pender Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Robert Power Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Anne Breen Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Fintan Brett Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Bill Clear Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Ger Dunne Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Carmel Kelly Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Seamie Moore Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Evie Sammon Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Robert Jones Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Carrie Smyth Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Maurice Dockrell Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Oisín O'Connor Councillor (Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council)

Colm Carthy Councillor (Monaghan County Council)

Declan Power Councillor (Louth County council)

Pat Buckley TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Catherine Biddy Walsh Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Darragh McDonald Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Ger Carthy Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Jim Codd Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Joe Sullivan Councillor (Wexford County Council)

John O'Rourke Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Mary Farrell Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Oliver Walsh Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Paddy Kavanagh Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Brian Brennan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Malcolm Byrne TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Colm O'Rourke Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Gayle Ralph Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Cieran Perry Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Feljin Jose Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Seamas McGrattan Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Cat O'Driscoll Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Mary McCamley Councillor (Fingal County Council)

Malachy Quinn Councillor (Fingal County Council)

John Walsh Councillor (Fingal County Council)

Breda Hanaphy Councillor (Fingal County Council)

Siobhan Shovlin Councillor (Fingal County Council)

Ellen Troy Councillor (Fingal County Council)

Ted Leddy Councillor (Fingal County Council)

John Burtchaell Councillor (Fingal County Council)

John-Kingsley Onwumereh Councillor (Fingal County Council)

Patrick Quinlan Councillor (Fingal County Council)

Kieran Dennison Councillor (Fingal County Council)

Angela Donnelly Councillor (Fingal County Council)

Tania Doyle Councillor (Fingal County Council)

Tom Kitt Councillor (Fingal County Council)

Gerard Sheehan Councillor (Fingal County Council)

Eimear Carbone-Mangan Councillor (Fingal County Council)