Royal College of Physicians of Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Royal College of Physicians of Ireland

Date published 19 May, 2022

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Jan, 2022 to 30 Apr, 2022

Specific Details Correspondence between RCPI and Designated Public Officials

Intended results To inform health policy

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Siobhán Creaton, Head of Public Affairs

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?) Yes

Current or Former Designated Public Official(s)

Siobhan Creaton (Former DPO) Special Adviser (Department of Health)

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.

Phone call (2-5)

Invitation to Taoiseach to launch RCPI President Prof Mary Horgan's portrait and arrangements around this event

Email (1)

Letter from Dr Robert Ryan Dean of the RCPI Faculty of Occupational Health Medicine to Minister Donnelly following up on issues related to this speciality.

Letter (2-5)

Dr Louise Kyne, Dean of the RCPI Faculty of Paediatrics to Minister Donnelly, Minister O'Gorman and Minister Anne Rabbitte regarding Children's Disability Network Teams.

Letter (1)

Follow up request from RCPI Faculty of Pathology for meeting with Minister Donnelly on the Human Tissue Bill

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.

Micheál Martin An Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)

Stephen Donnelly Minister (Department of Health)

Roderic O'Gorman Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)

Anne Rabbitte Minister of State (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)

Deirdre Gillane Chief of Staff (Department of the Taoiseach)