Irish Cancer Society

Lobbying Organisation Irish Cancer Society

Date published 20 Sep, 2019

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area EU Affairs

Period 1 May, 2019 to 31 Aug, 2019

Specific Details EU elections 2019 manifesto

Intended results Establishment of an EU Expert Group on Lung Cancer Screening Amendment of EU VAT Directives to support reduced VAT on suncream To encourage MEPs to support improved access to medicines through European collaboration

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Erich Steyaert, Advocacy Officer

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 (21-30)

Emails to all Irish MEP candidates on 16 May 2019

Informal communication (21-30)

Twitter message sent to all Irish MEP candidates on 21 May 2019 and 23 May 2019

Phone call (2-5)

Phone calls to Lynn Boylan MEP, Mairead McGuinness MEP, Billy Kelleher TD, and Senator Alice Mary Higgins, 23 May 2019

Informal communication (2-5)

Text message sent to Billy Kelleher TD and Alice Mary Higgins 23 May 2019

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.

Barry Andrews MEP (European Parliament)

Lynn Boylan MEP (European Parliament)

Matt Carthy MEP (European Parliament)

Deirdre Clune MEP (European Parliament)

Ciarán Cuffe MEP (European Parliament)

Clare Daly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Andrew Doyle Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Frances Fitzgerald TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Luke "Ming" Flanagan MEP (European Parliament)

Gary Gannon Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Billy Kelleher TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Kelly MEP (European Parliament)

Alice-Mary Higgins Senator (Seanad)

Mairead McGuinness MEP (European Parliament)

Liadh Ní Riada MEP (European Parliament)

Grace O'Sullivan Senator (Seanad)

Anne Rabbitte TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Éilis Ryan Councillor (Dublin City Council)

Brendan Smith TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Adrienne Wallace Councillor (Carlow County Council)

Mick Wallace TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Maria Walsh MEP (European Parliament)