Arthritis Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Arthritis Ireland

Date published 21 Jan, 2021

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Sep, 2020 to 31 Dec, 2020

Specific Details Provision of rheumatology services within the health service

Intended results Implementation of the National Doctors Training and Planning report recommendations in terms of recruitment of additional consultants Implementation of the National Doctors Training and Planning report recommendations in terms of recruitment of additional consultants

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Mairead Shannon, Brian Lynch

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 (1)

Email sent to the deputy about provision of rheumatology services in the constituency

Virtual Meeting (1)

Follow-up virtual meeting

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.

Cormac Devlin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)