GSK

Lobbying Organisation GSK

Date published 17 May, 2024

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Jan, 2024 to 30 Apr, 2024

Specific Details Immunisation policy

Intended results Inclusion of older adults in rapid assessment of RSV vaccine technologies

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Eimear Caslin

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)

Ross MacMathúna (Former DPO) Special Adviser (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Marguerite O'Loughlin (Former DPO) Special Adviser (Department of Foreign Affairs)

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.

Letter (1)

One letter to CMO cc'ing Minister for Health, Ministers of State and other relevant parties

Informal communication (1)

Opportunistic meeting with Sec Gen Department of Health at conference

Meeting (1)

Meeting with Minister Donnelly, Adviser and Civil Servant to inform about lifecourse vaccination and to include older adult in rapid assessment of RSV vaccine technologies

Meeting (2-5)

Meetings to discuss lifecourse vaccination (including RSV vaccination of older adults)

Phone call (2-5)

Phone calls with TDs and Special Adviser to schedule meetings

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.

Professor Breda Smyth Chief Medical Officer (Department of Health)

Stephen Donnelly Minister (Department of Health)

Mary Butler Minister of State (Department of Health)

Hildegarde Naughton Minister of State (Department of Health)

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

Robert Watt Secretary General (Department of Health)

John Lahart TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Colm Burke TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paraic Gallagher Special Adviser (Department of Health)

Deirdre Gillane Chief of Staff (Department of the Taoiseach)