Medical Emergency Response (Medical Emergency Response )
Current or Former Designated Public Official(s)
Lobbying activity
The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.
Submission (1)
Findings from our MER report sent by email include:
Approximately 70% of schools are not certified in training to use auto-injectors.
Only seven schools are currently registered through the HPRA for auto-injector training.
Most schools hold prescribed emergency medicines only for specific students.
88% of schools do not have a spare emergency medicine for undiagnosed pupils.
Meeting (1)
Short meeting to discuss findings from our MER report sent by email including:
Approximately 70% of schools are not certified in training to use auto-injectors.
Only seven schools are currently registered through the HPRA for auto-injector training.
Most schools hold prescribed emergency medicines only for specific students.
88% of schools do not have a spare emergency medicine for undiagnosed pupils
Email (2-5)
Follow-up email to members who attended the committee hearing about allergies, to highlight the work of Medical Emergency Response Ireland (MER)
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.