Department of Health Secretary General invited to speak at the annual conference to share information on the health services with members. - EmailRCPI is a member of Alcohol Health Alliance, the Health PromotionAlliance, the Tobacco 21 Alliance, the Climate and Health Alliance and the Coalition against Sunbeds which post separate lobbying returns. - EmailThe Faculty of Pathology contacted the Minister for Health seeking an update on actions to address issues with the provision of autopsy services and separately met officials from the Departments of Health and Justice to address the issues. - Email
Intent: Changes in policy to improve the early identification and management of chronic kidney disease.
Details: Pre-budget submission advocating for i)Kidney Disease Registry; ii)Screening for CKD (early detection; iii)Primary Care Clinical Lead to drive CKD management; iv)commitment to a living donor transplantation target
Intent: Highlight the importance of the roll-out of an RSV National Immunisation Programme for older adults::To ensure that the burden of RSV disease among older adults, including acknowledged limitations in testing, surveillance and disease burden estimation, is appropriately considered in policy decision-making regarding the potential implementation of RSV vaccination through the National Immunisation Programme in Ireland.::To highlight the importance of prevention and adult vaccination in improving health outcomes for patients, healthcare systems, and society
Details: Expansion of the National Immunisation Programme to include RSV vaccination for older adults
Provide information materials for briefing event relating to RSV disease burden, healthy ageing and international approaches to immunisation. - MeetingEmailLetter
Feedback on a post event brief on radioligand therapy. - SubmissionFollowing a Mar26 roundtable (previous return), clinicians, policymakers, researchers & patient representatives from across Ireland collaborated to identify barriers to radioligand therapy access & develop policy solutions. Their work informed a report setting out actionable recommendations to strengthen leadership, redesign pathways, expand workforce & infrastructure, and improve data systems for future-ready cancer care. The report was launched at the All-Island Cancer Summit on 19 May 2026. - EmailOn 28 August 2026, on behalf of the Heart Failure Policy Network (HFPN), Lisa McCudden (St Vincent's Hospital, Ireland) emailed Irish policymakers regarding the developing EU Council Recommendation on Health Checks. The email shared a petition letter endorsed by Irish clinicians and patient advocates, outlining recommendations to improve heart failure detection and care, and invited discussion on how Ireland could support these priorities in future EU policy discussions. - Email
Intent: To welcome and highlight the value of the new IPHA Framework Agreement on Pricing & Supply of Medicines and its potential to improve access to innovation for patients::To encourage collaborative implementation of the Framework Agreement in the coming months and years
Intent: Highlight the importance of the roll-out of an RSV National Immunisation Programme for older adults::In advance of HIQA’s final Health Technology Assessment on RSV immunisation strategies, to share information and perspectives with public officials on the impact of RSV on older adults in Ireland, the potential implications for health system capacity, and international policy approaches to RSV vaccination for older adult populations
Details: Expansion of the National Immunisation Programme to include RSV vaccination for older adults
Intent: Raise awareness about alcohol and road safety report from AAI. Recommendations include increased road side breath testing, streamlining of cumbersome procedures around testing, whole of population measures to reduce alcohol consumption.
Briefing session in Leinster House for Oireachtas members and staff on 29 April 2026.Event included speaker from Irish Road Victims Association - Event / ReceptionEmail to Clerk of Oireachtas Transport Committee requesting circulation of alcohol and road safety report to the members of the Committee and request to meet with Committee. Members listed below. Follow up emails re arranging appearance in May 2026. - EmailMeeting with Senator Teresa Costello in Leinster House on 14 April. - Meeting
