Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health
Intent: To agree the best potential outcome for community pharmacy for delivering the service.
Methods: Phone call
Politician(s) lobbied: Annee O' Connor (Director General), Health Service Executive; Derek Tierney (Assistant Secretary), Department of Health
Intent: To seek a meeting to discuss further developing community pharmacy services particularly in areas including service expansion, digital integration and reducing administrative burden.
Methods: Letter
Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown
Intent: Unknown
Methods: Unknown
Details by Method
Method not specified
Unknown
Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health
Intent: For the Minister to inform the audience of the work of the Expert Taskforce for Expansion of the Role of Pharmacy in Ireland.
Methods: Meeting
Politician(s) lobbied: Thomas Byrne (Minister of State), Department of the Taoiseach
Intent: For the Minister to address the conference and share his perspectives on crucial issues impacting on European Pharmacists including medicine shortages.
Methods: Meeting
Politician(s) lobbied: Aindrias Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Implement legislation to allow pharmacists to prescribe antiparasitic VMPs for non therapeutic purposes
Methods: Submission
Details by Method
Submission
To the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food
Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Stephen Foley (Special Adviser), Department of Health
Intent: The publication of a comprehensive Community Pharmacy Agreement that introduces advancements in areas including fees, services, administration and ICT/Digitilisation
Methods: Phone call
Politician(s) lobbied: Niall Redmond (Assistant Secretary), Department of Health; Pat Healy (National Director for Service and Schemes), Health Service Executive
Intent: Publication of a comprehensive Community Pharmacy Agreement that delivers tangible results for community pharmacies in the areas of fees, services, administration and ICT/Digiltilisation.
Methods: Phone callMeeting
Details by Method
Phone call
A series of calls related to the ongoing discussions.
Meeting
A series of regular meetings during discussions.
Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Niall Redmond (Assistant Secretary), Department of Health; Stephen Foley (Special Adviser), Department of Health
Intent: To highlight the potential of community pharmacy in Ireland, the services that can be provided and resources required to deliver those services. Also, to highlight that the state fee paid to pharmacies has not increased in 17 years and this issue needs to be urgently addressed. Also, to discuss the concerns of the IPU regarding the pending HRT Scheme.
Methods: Meeting
Politician(s) lobbied: Niall Redmond (Assistant Secretary), Department of Health; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health
Intent: To highlight the concerns of community pharmacists to the pending introduction of a Free HRT Arrangement
Methods: Letter
Details by Method
Letter
Seperate letters were sent to the Minister for Health and to Assistant Secretary Niall Redmond in the Department of Health on the same topic
