Polio Survivors Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Polio Survivors Ireland

Date published 19 Dec, 2025

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Sep, 2025 to 31 Dec, 2025

Specific Details Wrote to the Chair of the Health Committee to highlight issues regarding Primary Care staffing and HSE Pay and Numbers Strategy

Intended results Seeking greater transparency on the impact of the Pay and Numbers strategy on staffing quotas and waiting lists for community health services

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

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 (1)

Follow up to briefing held in AV room at Leinster House which highlighted the challenges polio survivors have in accessing health services

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)