Patient Advocacy Service (National Advocacy Service) (Patient Advocacy Service)

Lobbying Organisation Patient Advocacy Service (National Advocacy Service)

Date published 21 May, 2026

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Jan. 2026 to 30 Apr. 2026

Specific Details Providing information about Patient Advocacy Service and discussion of a scoping exercise on potential expansion into community mental health residential services

Intended results Information provision and briefing of current activites of the service specifically a scoping exercise to assess organisational readiness for a potential expansion into the mental health sector.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Georgina Cruise

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.

Meeting (2-5)

Two meetings. One was on 28th January 2026 with the Minister Butler, Ian Power Special Advisor, and their colleagues from the department. The second meeting was on the 4th March with Ian Power special advisor and our colleague from National Advocacy Service. Specific subject matter was to brief on Patient Advocacy Services, and a discussion on a scoping exercise we are carrying out currently, on assessing organisation readiness for a potential expansion into mental 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.

Mary Butler Minister of State (Department of Health)

Ian Power Special Adviser (Department of the Taoiseach)