Irish Platform for Patients' Organisations, Science and Industry

Lobbying Organisation Irish Platform for Patients' Organisations, Science and Industry

Date published 25 Aug, 2026

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 May. 2026 to 31 Aug. 2026

Specific Details Access to medicines - IPPOSI introduced new Policy and Advocacy Manager, thanked Deputy O'Sullivan for his work on access to medicines, and outlined plans to convene a working group to feed into government commitments on timely and equitable access to medicines including an early access scheme.

Intended results Timely and equitable access to medicines for patients, including progress on an early access scheme, an end-to-end review of the medicines approval process, and increased public membership on the HSE Drugs Review Group.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Alison Cotter

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)

Email to Deputy O'Sullivan introducing Alison Cotter in her new role as Policy and Advocacy Manager at IPPOSI, thanking him for his contribution at the Joint Committee on Health, and outlining IPPOSI's plans to convene a working group (including UCAN and Rare Diseases Ireland) to develop a patient-informed perspective on an early access programme and feed into the wider medicines review process. Pre-emptive phone call made as well as follow up to email communication

Phone call (2-5)

As above

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 O'Sullivan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)