Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation

Lobbying Organisation Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation

Date published 18 Sep, 2020

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 May, 2020 to 31 Aug, 2020

Specific Details Maternity Strategy and the closure of the Cavan MLU

Intended results Retention of Midwifery led service at Cavan General Hospital

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity David Miskell IRO

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 (31-50)

Email to all Councillors in Cavan and Monaghan.

Email (2-5)

Email to all TDs in Cavan and Monaghan

Meeting (1)

Attended meeting with Minister for health Minister Harris in the MLU at Cavan General Hospital .

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.

Winston J. Bennett Councillor (Cavan County Council)

John Paul Feeley Councillor (Cavan County Council)

Clifford Kelly Councillor (Cavan County Council)

Peter McVitty Councillor (Cavan County Council)

Shane P O'Reilly Councillor (Cavan County Council)

Val Smith Councillor (Cavan County Council)

Carmel Brady Councillor (Cavan County Council)

Philip Brady Councillor (Cavan County Council)

Sarah O’Reilly Councillor (Cavan County Council)

Sean Smith Councillor (Cavan County Council)

Paddy McDonald Councillor (Cavan County Council)

Aiden Fitzpatrick Councillor (Cavan County Council)

Craig Lovett Councillor (Cavan County Council)

TP O'Reilly Councillor (Cavan County Council)

Trevor Smith Councillor (Cavan County Council)

Brendan Fay Councillor (Cavan County Council)

Patricia Walsh Councillor (Cavan County Council)

Madeleine Argue Councillor (Cavan County Council)

Cathy Bennett Councillor (Monaghan County Council)

Aidan Campbell Councillor (Monaghan County Council)

Seán Conlon Councillor (Monaghan County Council)

Paudge Connolly Councillor (Monaghan County Council)

Seamus Coyle Councillor (Monaghan County Council)

Noel Keelan Councillor (Monaghan County Council)

David Maxwell Councillor (Monaghan County Council)

Hugh McElvaney Councillor (Monaghan County Council)

Brian McKenna Councillor (Monaghan County Council)

P.J. O'Hanlon Councillor (Monaghan County Council)

Pat Treanor Councillor (Monaghan County Council)

Seamus Treanor Councillor (Monaghan County Council)

Colm Carthy Councillor (Monaghan County Council)

Sean Gilliland Councillor (Monaghan County Council)

Raymond Aughey Councillor (Monaghan County Council)

Aoife McCooey Councillor (Monaghan County Council)

Mary Kerr Conlon Councillor (Monaghan County Council)

Richard Truell Councillor (Monaghan County Council)

Niamh Smyth TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Brendan Smith TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Matt Carthy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Heather Humphreys Minister (Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation)

Pauline Tully TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Simon Harris Minister (Department of Health)