Irish Platform for Patients' Organisations, Science and Industry

Lobbying Organisation Irish Platform for Patients' Organisations, Science and Industry

Date published 05 Sep, 2023

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 May, 2023 to 31 Aug, 2023

Specific Details IPPOSI Conference 2023

Intended results Highlight patient perspectives in relation to the transformation of health care and research enabled by digital solutions, especially in the context of the proposed legislation around the management of health information. Also sought public funding to part-support IPPOSI conference, primarily to cover costs associated with patient members' attendance.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Derick Mitchell and Laura Kavanagh

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.

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Eight thousand euro from DoH/Slaintecare funding was secured to part-cover costs associated with running the IPPOSI conference on health data sharing on May 3rd, 2023.

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.

Derek Tierney Assistant Secretary (Department of Health)

Muiris O’Connor Assistant Secretary (Department of Health)

Barry Lowry Chief Information Officer (Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform)