Irish Cancer Society

Lobbying Organisation Irish Cancer Society

Date published 20 Sep, 2019

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 May, 2019 to 31 Aug, 2019

Specific Details CervicalCheck

Intended results To offer patient and advocacy perspective to Department of Health and HSE response to ongoing CervicalCheck programme challenges.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Donal Buggy- Head of Services & Strategic Implementation

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)

CervicalCheck Steering Group meetings on 30 May, 26 June, and 18 July 2019 with Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer and Tracey Conroy, Assistant Principle at Department of Health present. Donal Buggy (Irish Cancer Society) in attendance.

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.

Tracey Conroy Assistant Secretary (Department of Health)

Tony Holohan Chief Medical Officer (Department of Health)