Diabetes Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Diabetes Ireland

Date published 02 Jan, 2024

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Sep, 2023 to 31 Dec, 2023

Specific Details To seek sustained investment in supporting people living with diabetes and promote a more strategic approach to addressing long term improvements making huge government cost savings, increase Oireachtas members awareness about the scale and severity of diabetes and its impact on society and to work together to seek ongoing government commitment to a long-term innovative strategic framework for managing diabetes with committed annual funding.

Intended results To work with the Cross Party Parliamentary Diabetes Committee to develop a work stream to include the development of a strategic framework to improve quality of life for people with diabetes and reduce long term costs to the health service of diabetes complications.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Kieran O'Leary, CEO, Diabetes Ireland

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? Yes

What is the directive you gave to the grassroots campaigners? Asked members of the diabetes community to support our Pre-Budget Submission by contacting their local TDs and sending them a letter with Parliamentary Questions for the Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly TD

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Mass communications

Email All Oireachtas Members Sent an email to all members with the summary findings of a survey on the "Experiences of People Living With Diabetes in Ireland" plus a copy of our pre-budget summary 2024.

Email All Oireachtas Members Invitation sent to all TDs and Senators to attend the Cross Party Parliamentary Diabetes Committee meeting on 25 September 2023 to receive update on budget 2023 commitments and meet with the HSE Clinical Lead for Diabetes.

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Letter (1)

Sent a letter to the Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, seeking his support to implement the recommendations of the HIQA Health Technology Assessment (HTA) for continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) for adults with type 1 diabetes

Letter (1)

Sent a letter to David Cullinane TD requesting a meeting to discuss Sinn Fein support for the development of a 10 year National Diabetes Strategy.

Meeting (1)

Attended a meeting with David Cullinane TD seeking Sinn Fein support for the development of a 10 year National Diabetes Strategy.

Email (6-10)

Contacted all Donegal TDs seeking their support to resolve the consultant staffing level issues for adult diabetes services in Letterkenny University Hospital and inviting them to attend a meeting with the Hospital CEO.

Meeting (1)

Attending a meeting with CEO of Letterkenny University Hospital and local TDs regarding consultant staffing levels for adult diabetes services in the 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.

Stephen Donnelly Minister (Department of Health)

Cormac Devlin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Charlie McConalogue TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Thomas Pringle TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Padráig Mac Lochlainn TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Pearse Doherty TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Joe McHugh TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)