National Association General Practitioners

Lobbying Organisation National Association General Practitioners

Date published 09 Apr, 2019

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Jan, 2019 to 30 Apr, 2019

Specific Details To gain support from Oireachtas members with regard to reversing FEMPI for GPs and to highlight the crisis of the impending collapse of general practice

Intended results To garner support from TDs and Senators for General Practice

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Chris Goodey

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 highlight the crisis in General Practice

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Mass communications

Email All Oireachtas Members To highlight the crisis in General Practice

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (100+)

An invitation for Oireachtas members to join General Practitioners and the National GP protest day on February 6th

Designated public officials lobbied

There were no DPOs directly lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area.