Irish Cancer Society

Lobbying Organisation Irish Cancer Society

Date published 21 Jan, 2020

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Sep, 2019 to 31 Dec, 2019

Specific Details CervicalCheck Steering Committee

Intended results Influence Department of Health response to issues arising within CervicalCheck programme

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 Committee meetings on 5th Sep, 30th Oct, 7th Nov, 12th Dec 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.

Tony Holohan Chief Medical Officer (Department of Health)

Tracey Conroy Assistant Secretary (Department of Health)