Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health
Intent: For the Minister to attend and speak at the proposed event.
Methods: Email
Details by Method
Email
Communications sent to Minister's Office/Diary team.
Politician(s) lobbied: David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig Rice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marie Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Paul O'Shea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To inform deputies of issue; secure support for the campaign; meet with the Deputies and for them to submit parliamentary questions in relation to the campaign
Methods: EmailMeetingSocial Media
Details by Method
Email
Exchanging emails to arrange meetings with Labour, Social Democrats and Fianna Fail health spokespeople.
Meeting
Met with Deputy David Cullinane to discuss campaign and our calls for action on epilepsy related deaths.
Email
Seeking that Deputy O'Shea submit a follow on PQ as a follow up to a previously answered PQ.
Social Media
Shared image of EI representatives and Deputy Cullinane following our meeting
Politician(s) lobbied: Rose Conway-Walsh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: For the Deputy to submit a Parliamentary Question seeking further details on proposed timelines for final report.
Methods: Informal communicationEmail
Details by Method
Informal communication
Updating Deputy that EI had made written and oral statements to the inquiry.
Politician(s) lobbied: Colm Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Thomas Gould (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ken O'Flynn (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig O'Sullivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jerry Buttimer (Minister of State), Department of Rural and Community Development; Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seamus McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig Rice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pat Buckley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Noel McCarthy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Liam Quaide (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aindrias Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Moynihan (Minister of State), Department of Education; John Paul O'Shea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Christopher O'Sullivan (Minister of State), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Holly Cairns (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Collins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoghan Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: For TDs to be aware of the conference being held in Cork on 19th Sept and to encourage their attendance
Methods: EmailInformal communication
Details by Method
Email
Sharing details of conference
Informal communication
With reference to Deputy Eoghan Kenny, inviting him to speak at our conference and liaising with him on details.
Politician(s) lobbied: Marie Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: For the Deputy to submit a parliamentary question.
Methods: Email
Politician(s) lobbied: Eoghan Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: For the Deputy to submit a question on decision making process and timelines.
Methods: Email
Politician(s) lobbied: George Lawlor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: For the Deputy to submit a parliamentary question
Methods: Email
Politician(s) lobbied: Pádraig Rice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: For the Deputy to submit questions.
Methods: Email
Politician(s) lobbied: Eoghan Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul McAuliffe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: For the Deputies to submit questions seeking further details from the HSE on epilepsy staffing levels at Beaumont, CUH and St Vincent’s hospitals.
Methods: Email
Details by Method
Email
Deputy Bacik submitted question on St. Vincents staffing
Email
Deputy Kenny submitted questions on Cork University Hospital epilepsy monitoring unit waiting times.
Email
Deputy McAuliffe submitted questions on Beaumont Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) services waiting lists
Politician(s) lobbied: Eoghan Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: For the Deputy to submit a question.
Methods: Email
