Intent: To ensure provision of necessary support and resources for the purpose of enabling continued implementation of governance reforms and maintenance of the Clinical Directorate (CD) structure
Details: Governance Reforms in Children’s Health Ireland
Intent: An updated EU pharmaceutical regulatory package that supports the internal market in pharmaceuticals and does not undermine parallel imports of medicines and thereby patient access to medicines.
Details: Representation to the Dept. of Health and public representatives on EU Pharmaceutical package.
Affordable Medicines Ireland sumbssion on the EU Pharma Package - SubmissionEmails and letters to designated public officials setting out the position of Affordable Medicines Ireland on the EU Pharma Package, seeking meetings and including proposals around the draft regulation and directive which formed part of the package. - EmailLetter setting out Affordable Medicines Ireland's position on the EU Pharmaceutical Package. - Letter
Email follow up to DPOs seeking a response. - EmailLetter to seek a meeting to discuss timely access to Pluvicto for a small cohort of patients with advanced prostate cancer, in Ireland - Letter
Intent: To provide AmCham views and recommendations ahead of Budget 2026::To discuss AmCham Budget 2026 priorities with the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Services, Reform and Digitalisation
AmCham met with the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Services, Reform and Digitalisation to discuss AmCham's Budget 2026 submission and its recommendations - Meetinghttps://www.amcham.ie/media/yxzly54n/fv-2026-budget-submission.pdf - Submission
Intent: To raise awareness of report findings and garner support for the recommendations.
Details: To secure meetings and engage with elected/ designated officials in order to communicate the findings of Healthy Homes Ireland's report; 'Our place: Towards Healthier Greener Homes'.
Emailed Housing Minister James Browne's office on [6 May] to follow up on request sent (25 April) inviting him to address the launch of the Home User Guide at the Healthy Homes Ireland Forum on Tuesday 27 May at Buswells Hotel. Requested that the invite be forwarded on to another Junior Minister in DHLGH if Minister Browne was unable to attend. - EmailEmailed Minister of State Kieran O'Donnell [13 May,19 May, 23 May] to follow up on request for him to address the launch of the Home User Guide at the Healthy Homes Ireland Forum on Tuesday 27 May. - EmailEmailed several DPOs on [4 June] who had been invited to, but were unable to attend the Healthy Homes Ireland Forum breakfast event to provide them with a brief recap of the event and attach some photos. - Email
Intent: A review of the proposal to apply an E-liquids tax using self-declaration mechanism rather than a tax stamp.
Details: Email concerning the E-liquids Products Tax and concerns around the mechanism chosen to implement the tax via self-declaration rather than as a tax-stamp. Hale also referred to research commissioned from KPMG which raised several important policy considerations around the E-Liquids products tax incl, ...
Discussion re proposed implementation of the E-liquids tax using a self-declaration mechanism rather than a tax stamp and highlighting the findings of an independent report from KPMG on the matter. - MeetingEmail to Departmental officials relating to the proposed implementation of the E-liquids tax using a self-declaration mechanism rather than a tax stamp and highlighting the findings of an independent report from KPMG on the matter. - EmailEmail to members of the Oireachtas referring to the proposed implementation of the E-liquids tax using a self-declaration mechanism rather than a tax stamp and highlighting the findings of an independent report from KPMG on the matter. - Email
