Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation

Lobbying Organisation Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation

Date published 21 May, 2020

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Jan, 2020 to 30 Apr, 2020

Specific Details Seeking Commitment to Slainte Care and pay for Nurses and Midwives in Public health services.

Intended results Multi Annual Funding for Slainte Care and roll out of Patient Dependency Framework for future ward staffing. - implement pay settlement -end the recruitment embargo -move to full basic pay parity with allied health professionals

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Phil Ni Sheaghdha General Secretary

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.

Social Media (6-10)

Meeting, which included a section of a video interview on their plans for the health service, which was then shared online (via email, website and social media) with INMO members and the public. Oireachtas members: Simon Harris TD (Minister for Health, Fine Gael): 29th January 2020 Richard Boyd-Barrett TD (People Before Profit): 31st January 2020 Roisin Shortall TD (Social Democrats): 1st February 2020 Louise O’Reilly TD (Sinn Fein): 1st February 2020

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.

Simon Harris Minister (Department of Health)

Richard Boyd Barrett TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

roisin shortall TD (Dáil Éireann, the Lower House of the Oireachtas)

Louise O'Reilly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Stephen Donnelly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Catherine Martin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)