Diabetes Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Diabetes Ireland

Date published 15 Sep, 2023

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 May, 2023 to 31 Aug, 2023

Specific Details To seek sustained investment in supporting people living with diabetes and promote a more strategic approach to addressing longterm 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? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Mass communications

Email All Oireachtas Members Invitation issued to the next meeting of the Cross Parliamentary Group on Diabetes.

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Event / Reception (1)

Met with the Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly TD and Cormac Devlin TD, at an event to discuss the need for the setting up of a Taskforce to develop a National Diabetes Strategy

Letter (1)

Sent a letter to the Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly TD seeking his support to set up a Taskforce to develop a National Diabetes Strategy.

Letter (1)

Sent a letter to the Minister for Health regarding consultant staffing levels for adult diabetes services in Letterkenny University Hospital.

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.

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)

Pearse Doherty TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Thomas Pringle TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Joe McHugh TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Padráig Mac Lochlainn TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)